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U.S. National Library of Medicine, Chinese Public Health Movement

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U.S. National Library of Medicine, Chinese Public Health Movement, U.S. National Library of Medicine., 1930 to SARS

Chinese Public Health movement is the large collection of Chinese Public Health materials, about seven thousand items produced from early 20th century…

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Work Projects Administration, Cook County Public Health Unit

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Work Projects Administration, Cook County Public Health Unit, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA. The posters…

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Chicago Department of Health, Diphtheria Strikes

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Chicago Department of Health, Diphtheria Strikes, Library of Congress, 1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA.The posters…

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EPA, Drinking Water Security Poster

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EPA, Drinking Water Security Poster, EPA, May 16th, 2003

This poster not only brings awareness to the importance of safe drinking water, but it also encourages the public to get involved and take action,…

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Frederick Waddy, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France

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Frederick Waddy, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, First Female Doctor in France, Frederick Waddy, 1873

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, LSA, MD (1836 – 1917), was an English physician and feminist, the first Englishwoman to qualify as a physician and surgeon…

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Expecting? Get the Right Advice from the Right Sources

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Expecting? Get the Right Advice from the Right Sources, Library of Congress, September 2nd, 1938

Posters from the Works Progress Administration often focused on public health. This poster focuses on infant care, which was a particularly popular…

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Library of Congress, Florence Nightingale, Nurse

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Library of Congress, Florence Nightingale, Nurse, Library of Congress, 1910

Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. Henry Wadsworth…

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Nurse Elizabeth Grace Neill

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Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Nurse Elizabeth Grace Neill, National Library of New Zealand, 1890

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? GEORGE ELIOT Elizabeth Grace Neill ( 1846 -  1926) was a nurse from New Zealand…

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), Health for Efficiency

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Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (Artist: Ben Kaplan), Health for Efficiency, Library of Congress, 1936-1941

This poster, sponsored by the Adult Education Project of the Board of Education and WPA, is an advertisement for free courses on "health education."…

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Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained

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Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1918

This poster, released by the Social Hygiene Division (Army Educational Commission) was designed to spread awareness about venereal disease. This…

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