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A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.

Six scenes narrating the fuss caused by a man's progression from minor cold to supposed major illness and then sudden recovery. Etching by J. Lisle after himself.

A dutiful volunteer soldier at his post in the rain even though he has a bad cold. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.

A maid bringing medicine and soup to her master who has a cold. Lithograph, 1857, after W.H. Simmons after J. Collinson.

A sick man in bed, offered a warming pan by his maid and advice by his physician; representing Lord John Russell being given a seat at Stroud by Melbourne after his defeat in South Devon, looking for support to the radical Daniel O'Connell. Lithograph, 1835.

The tax on medicine represented as a tax on illness and, ultimately, even on the 'abnormality' of healthiness: ten vignettes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot, 1907.

Catarrhal fevers, commonly called colds, their causes, consequences, control and cure / by R. Prosser White.

A man sitting in front of a drafty window and catching a cold. Colour lithograph by Walt Disney Productions, 1951.

Epidemic / written by Brian Ward ; chief editorial consultant, Rob DeSalle.

An address to the public on the danger of neglecting common coughs and colds : with simple and efficacious methods of cure : with additions and selections from the most eminent authors who have written on the subject / by W. Hickman.

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Catarrhal fevers, commonly called colds, their causes, consequences, control and cure / by R. Prosser White.

A man sitting in front of a drafty window and catching a cold. Colour lithograph by Walt Disney Productions, 1951.

A common cold germ asking the father of a neurasthenia bacillus if he can marry her; he is refused on account of the social gap between them. Pen drawing by C. Harrison, 1913.

Epidemic / written by Brian Ward ; chief editorial consultant, Rob DeSalle.

An address to the public on the danger of neglecting common coughs and colds : with simple and efficacious methods of cure : with additions and selections from the most eminent authors who have written on the subject / by W. Hickman.