Last week when I was researching Dr. Richard Barnett’s book Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century Surgery, I came across another book of medical illustration he had curated called The Sick Rose: Disease and The Art of Medical Illustration. While his book of surgical illustrations was morbidly enjoyable, The Sick Rose is outright disgusting, rancid and amazing! You can feel the pain and suffering emanating from the page, and who doesn’t love a good leprosy illustration? These are gorgeous pieces of art, with some of the worst subject matters you can imagine.
Head, shoulders, and hands of a baby suffering from hereditary syphilis. Lithograph by Franz Mracek, published in Atlas of Syphilis and the Venereal Diseases, 1898.
Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images
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Melissa Presnell Kloepfer
January 19, 2016 at 1:58 am
Logan Angeline
Logan Angeline
January 19, 2016 at 8:42 am
You know me so well
Michael Anthony Ayala
January 19, 2016 at 1:01 am
Bought this book a while back, my chihuahua chewed one of the corners after like 2 days. I’m still mad at her.
Emiliano Ferazzini
January 19, 2016 at 12:50 am
got it, and “Crucial Interventions: An Illustrated Treatise on the Principles & Practice of Nineteenth-Century” too. it’s by the same publisher, it came out a couple of months ago
Phoebe Sofia Matich
January 18, 2016 at 9:41 pm
What are all those fetid tongues supposed to be afflicted with?
Trey M Patterson
January 18, 2016 at 4:12 pm
Seher
Juan Sebastián
January 18, 2016 at 11:32 am
Gólgota Voraz
Jan Adm
January 18, 2016 at 10:24 am
Anyone has a pdf copy?
Daniel Junqueira
January 18, 2016 at 8:44 am
Felipe Pessanha Alex Lazarini
Marie-Jose Bremer
January 18, 2016 at 7:04 am
Victor Van Tienen
Alli Olwell
January 18, 2016 at 6:41 am
i have this book
Ale Marocchi
January 18, 2016 at 6:30 am
<3
Patrick Campbell
January 18, 2016 at 6:23 am
Cary Longchamps
Cary Longchamps
January 18, 2016 at 6:24 am
Do want
Raven Lee Willis
January 18, 2016 at 4:56 am
Branwyn Gwynneth
Branwyn Gwynneth
January 18, 2016 at 7:13 am
These are beautiful!
Raven Lee Willis
January 18, 2016 at 7:16 am
I kinda want to buy a copy of the book. 😊
Braloem Moemba
January 18, 2016 at 4:08 am
Mooi was die tijd
Jemma Frances Edwards
January 18, 2016 at 2:43 am
Charlie March
Geoffrey Cosemans
January 18, 2016 at 2:36 am
Wout Santermans vies nice!
Wout Santermans
January 18, 2016 at 8:12 am
Haha wtf!
Stephen Foster
January 18, 2016 at 1:58 am
Chris Lees
Jukus Sepada
January 18, 2016 at 1:53 am
Edwon
Kaushik Nandan Sarma
January 18, 2016 at 1:46 am
fuck
Kat Sinclaire
January 18, 2016 at 1:39 am
The blue skin one is me IRL
“So sicka your shit”
Mari Derosas
January 18, 2016 at 1:32 am
Jonno Cachia
January 18, 2016 at 2:20 am
It’s a great book.
Chris Gonzales
January 18, 2016 at 1:29 am
Very interesting, indeed!!!
Lance Shepherd
January 18, 2016 at 1:28 am
Stephanie Eagle
Stephanie Eagle
January 18, 2016 at 12:17 pm
that swollen boob made me cringe..
Elena Puch
January 18, 2016 at 1:20 am
Libraco, Daniel. Check this outttt.
Lisa Aurel
January 18, 2016 at 1:13 am
Fantastic article.
Kate Barnett
January 18, 2016 at 1:09 am
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