The period coincided with the driest time of summer when there was the largest number of flies around. This photograph shows Dr. Wu Lien-teh, a Penang-born physician, standing among plants in the ourdoors. There is a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve of his white gown. This was taken...

This photograph shows two men, both with hats, standing behind some coffins placed on the ground. This was taken during a collection of the dead during the cholera epidemic in Harbin in 1919. Title devised by Library staff.