Hand-drawn and textured pages from a rare Japanese treatise on smallpox – ‘The Essentials of Smallpox’ – written in the late 17th or early 18th Century by the Japanese doctor Kanda Gensen.
A patient with forehead tumors, painted by Lam Qua at a hospital in the Chinese city of Canton.
A man with a large pendent face tumor, painted by Lam Qua at a hospital in the Chinese city of Canton.
A woman suffering from breast cancer. Right: Breast tissue that has necroses and ulcerated, leaving a woman’s chest muscles and rib cage exposed.
The Sick Rose by Richard Barnett is a collection of 19th-century medical illustrations. Prior to the use of photography, these images were used to capture the gruesome diseases of the era in painstakingly beautiful detail. Meticulous illustrations were an essential tool for educating students and helping doctors of the day diagnose and record ailments.
Waiting for Winter 