A representation of the cholera epidemic of the nineteenth century. Before 1830 cholera was unknown in the western hemisphere. It became one of the most feared epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century.
Robert Seymour
1831-10-01
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/history/index.html">A Short History of the National Institutes of Health</a> National Library of Medicine photographic archive.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/detail/NLMNLM~1~1~101393375~148816:Cholera--Tramples-the-victors-&amp;-the">Cholera "Tramples the victors &amp; the vanquished both." Robert Seymour.</a> U.S. National Library of Medicine