Smallpox isolation ward, 1896

---

Smallpox isolation ward, Gloucester, UK, in 1896. Smallpox is an often-fatal disease caused by the Variola virus. Prior to vaccination (first performed in 1796) it killed millions of people each year.

---

Size: 3410px × 2568px
Location:
Photo credit: © Wellcome Images/Science Photo Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1800s, 1896, 19th, beds, black, britain, british, century, condition, disease, disorder, england, english, female, gloucester, group, historical, history, hopsital, infection, isolation, male, man, medical, medicine, men, monochrome, nurse, nurses, patient, patients, people, person, pox, small, smallpox, uk, viral, ward, white, woman