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201. The saga of trachoma is a sad tale of dirt, dust, warm climates and flies

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

202. The saga of trachoma is a sad tale of warm climates, dirt, dust and flies

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

203. The salute

Author(s):: Attwell, Mabel Lucie, 1879-1964 artist
Publication:: London : Carlton Publishing Co., [between 1914 and 1918?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Play and Playthings
Red Cross

204. Schistosomiasis: two young sufferers from this debilitating water-borne disease

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

205. The school nurse is the most efficient link between the school and the home

Author(s):: Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918 author
Publication:: New York: Survey Associates, Inc., 1913
Subject(s):: Public Health
Nurses
Child

206. The sea-side sanitarium

Author(s):: Kettels, C. A., artist
Publication:: [New York : Harper's], 1877
Subject(s):: Child

207. Search and destroy

Publication:: [United States : s.n.], 1972
Subject(s):: Poisoning -- prevention & control
Child
Household Products -- poisoning

208. The shadow of obesity hangs over this boy's childhood

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

209. A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (after)

Publication:: Produced: [not before 1960]
Subject(s):: Child
Mothers
Yaws
Yaws -- drug therapy
Penicillins
Nigeria
World Health Organization.

210. A single injection of long-acting penicillin cures yaws (before)

Publication:: Produced: [not before 1960]
Subject(s):: Child
Health Personnel
Mothers
Yaws
Yaws -- drug therapy
Penicillins
Nigeria
World Health Organization.

211. Sirop du Dr. Goderre: donnez aux enfants

Publication:: [Montréal?]: [publisher not identified], [between 1875 and 1915?]
Subject(s):: Nonprescription Drugs
Child
Infant

212. Six-year-old children attend the dispensary for the second vaccination that protects them against the TB bacillus

Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
World Health Organization.

213. [Skin lesions on a young leprosy patient]

Subject(s):: Physical Examination
Child
World Health Organization.

214. Smile--: fluoride makes it so easy!

Publication:: [Bethesda, Md.] : National Caries Program, [197-]
Subject(s):: Fluorides, Topical -- therapeutic use
Adolescent
Child
Dental Caries -- prevention & control

215. [Staff physician of the WHO vaccinates a youngster against smallpox by means of a jet injector]

Publication:: 1970
Subject(s):: Smallpox -- prevention & control
Black People
Child
Vaccination
Africa

216. Stockholm's Karolinska hospital - this boy works a stationary bicycle while his heart is being tested for abnormalities

Subject(s):: Cardiovascular Diseases
Nurses
Child
Sweden
World Health Organization.

217. Summary of pediatric immunization recommendations

Publication:: [Sacramento] : California State Dept. of Health Services, Immunization Unit, 1985
Subject(s):: Immunization
Child
Contraindications
Immunization Schedule
Infant

218. Sure cure: Rx, opportunum, osculatum, yum : dose, two spoons, repeat every two hours

Publication:: [United States?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Red Cross
Child
Military Nursing
Nurse-Patient Relations

219. Testing urine for sugar is a serious business for the young campers at Camp Glyndon, Maryland

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

220. That's the kind of red nurse I'd like

Author(s):: Spurgin, Fred, 1882-1966, artist
Publication:: London : Art and Humour Publishing Co., [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Patient Preference
Red Cross
England

221. Think about the most crippling pain you've ever had: now you know how Kevin felt

Publication:: Norwalk, CT : United States Surgical Corp., [199-]
Subject(s):: Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic -- instrumentation
Animal Experimentation
Child
Gallbladder Diseases -- surgery
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures -- education

222. This child was treated with insulin in 1922 by Frederick Banting and Charles Best, who a year earlier first isolated the insulin hormone for use in diabetic therapy. Only two months separate the "before" and "after" pictures

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

223. This girl is using a special mouth tray and bites into an insery saturated with flouride solution that can be applied to the entire upper or lower dental arch. This is one of the possible techniques to prevent tooth decay

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

224. This little Ghanaian child is one of the lucky ones - her mother was able to bring her to [the] hospital. Communicable diseases such as whooping cough and measles are reponsible for 30 per cent of certified deaths and 60 percent of hospital admissions in Ghana. But very few of the children who catch measles ever reach a hospital

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

225. This little boy is having an eye check-up which should ensure that any threat to his sight is recognized in time and prevented. Many thousands of less fortunate children go blind unnecessarily every year for want of simple precautions or low-cost treatment

Subject(s):: Health Personnel
Child
Public Health
World Health Organization.

226. This man being led through a village in Upper Volta is blind as a result of river blindness - onchocerciasis - and nearly 60 per cent of the people in his village suffer from this disease

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

227. This school girl is at home with a sore throat and the doctor checks her heart

Subject(s):: Physical Examination
Physicians
Stethoscopes
Child
Equipment and Supplies
World Health Organization.

228. This will keep Jack a going

Publication:: [United States?] : X.L. Comics, [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Castor Oil
Child
Nurses
Wit and Humor as Topic

229. This young Indian girl's face reflects the suffering caused by trachoma. Some two million are estimated to be blinf as a reuslt of this eye disease

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

230. [Three children caring for a doll]

Publication:: [France] : CEKO, [between 1900 and 1930?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Play and Playthings

231. A throat operation kept alive this little Indonesian victim of diphtheria - still one of the lethal communicable diseases

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

232. To arms!: who wouldn't rush to arms with a nurse like you!

Publication:: [United States?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Red Cross
Child
Military Nursing
Nurse-Patient Relations

233. To childhood illness

Author(s):: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969 artist
Publication:: [New York : s.n., 1968]
Subject(s):: Patients
Child

234. To spend a lifetime in the dark- like this little Indonesian child- is tragedy enough. Even more shocking is the fact that this blindness is unnecessary and preventable

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

235. Toothbrush drill in New York City

Author(s):: Gulick, Luther Halsey, 1865-1918 author
Publication:: New York: Survey Associates, Inc., 1913
Subject(s):: Toothbrushing
Child
Public Health

236. Trained Ayurvedic practitioners treating a girl with rheumatoid arthritis. Medical ethics today has ceased to be a matter for physicians alone,but is rather the concern of the whole community

Subject(s):: Medicine, Traditional
Child
World Health Organization.

237. The trained nurse

Author(s):: Gassaway, Katherine, artist
Publication:: N.Y. City : The Rotograph Co., [1906]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child

238. Training for the red cross!

Publication:: Bristol : E.W. Savory, Ltd., [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Red Cross
Child
Nurses
Play and Playthings
United Kingdom

239. [Two children in costume]

Publication:: [United States?] : [publisher not identified], [between 1910 and 1920?]
Subject(s):: Child
Nurses

240. Two children study health education posters

Subject(s):: Child
Health Education
Public Health
Iran
World Health Organization.

241. [Two children with prosthetic arms paint a picture on an easel under the supervision of a female therapist]

Publication:: Washington, D.C. : Walter Reed Army Medical Center, [195-?]
Subject(s):: Child

242. Two members of the pupils' "Health Committee" in an Egyptian school. They are preparing the antseptics and absorbant cotton for the anti-trachoma treatment

Subject(s):: Child
Health Education
Health Promotion
World Health Organization.

243. [Two nurses with a young girl]

Publication:: [Belgium?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1920?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Red Cross
Belgium

244. UNICEF: unite for children, unite against AIDS = Maʻan min ajli al-aṭfāl, Maʻan ḍidda al-Īdz

Publication:: [United Arab Emirates] : UNICEF, [2007]
Subject(s):: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- prevention & control
Adolescent
Child

245. Uncover tuberculosis by modern methods

Publication:: [S.l. : s.n., 19--]
Subject(s):: Tuberculosis, Pulmonary -- prevention & control
Child
Infant

246. Under careful supervision, this Sudan schoolboy is treating his classmates' eyes for trachoma. This will ensure that treatment countinues after the trachoma control team leaves the district

Subject(s):: Health Personnel
Child
Health Promotion
Public Health
World Health Organization.

247. A sturdy- looking six-year-old child of the Turkana. The scars on his abdomen testify to blood-letting rituals

Subject(s):: Bloodletting
Child
World Health Organization.

248. Uzhasnoe proisshestvīe =: A dreadful accident = Un évenement epouvantable

Publication:: [Russia?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Play and Playthings
Russia

249. Vaccinating the poor

Author(s):: Eytinge, Sol, Jr., 1833-1905
Publication:: 1873
Subject(s):: Medicine in the Arts
Black or African American
Child
Infant
Public Health

250. A vaccination day in the country, Jamaica

Publication:: Germany : [publisher not identified], [between 1907 and 1915]
Subject(s):: Vaccination
Infant
Child
Jamaica

251. The visiting nurse

Publication:: Chicago? : [publisher not identified], 1911
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Infant

252. Want a hot tip on a good investment?: use fluoride for a healthy smile!

Publication:: [Bethesda, Md.] : National Caries Program, [197-]
Subject(s):: Fluorides, Topical -- therapeutic use
Child
Dental Caries -- prevention & control

253. Want of confidence: from "Punch"

Author(s):: Pegram, Fred, 1870-1937 artist
Publication:: [London] : Raphael Tuck & Sons, [1907]
Subject(s):: Child
Nurses
Clergy
Play and Playthings

254. We want people to know more about kids like us

Publication:: Landover, Md. : Epilepsy Foundation of America, c1987
Subject(s):: Epilepsy
Child
Health Education

255. We're moving

Publication:: [United States] : [publisher not identified], [1992?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Play and Playthings

256. What is hepatitis B?: how can I protect my child?

Publication:: Guam : Pacific Basin Maternal & Child Health Resource Center, [1988]
Subject(s):: Hepatitis B -- prevention & control
Child
Hepatitis B Vaccines -- administration & dosage
Immunization
Infant

257. What to do when your child has diarrhoea

Publication:: [S.l. : s.n., 19--]
Subject(s):: Diarrhea -- therapy
Child
Health Promotion

258. Whooping cough is not a bird--: it's a disease

Publication:: [Columbus] : Ohio Dept. of Health, [19--]
Subject(s):: Whooping Cough -- prevention & control
Child
Immunization
Infant
Pertussis Vaccine -- administration & dosage

259. Why should our children have baby bottle tooth decay?: they shouldn't!

Publication:: [Rockville, Md. : Indian Health Service, 19--]
Subject(s):: Dental Caries -- prevention & control
Bottle Feeding -- adverse effects
Child
Indians, North American
Infant

260. A woman at the Philippines Health Centre learns how to prepare oral rehydration fluid for home treatment of her child

Subject(s):: Health Personnel
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Child
World Health Organization.

261. A women's and children's ward

Publication:: London : All-British Picture Co., Ltd., [1908?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Patients' Rooms
Women
China

262. Woodland hospital

Author(s):: Tarrant, Margaret, 1888-1959 artist
Publication:: London : The Medici Society Ltd., [between 1921 and 1950]
Subject(s):: Delivery of Health Care
Animals, Wild
Child
Forests
Hospitals

263. The world's children: on a Korean rubbish heap

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

264. The world's children; in a hospital in Tunis

Subject(s):: Hospitals
Child
World Health Organization.

265. [Writing names in Japanese]

Publication:: 1950
Subject(s):: Black or African American
Child

266. Xerophthalmia is hard to detect. Young children are often brought to hospital much too late to save their eyes

Subject(s):: Child
World Health Organization.

267. Yaws is the disease of poverty and filth: the first victims are always the children

Publication:: Produced: 1959
Subject(s):: Child
Health Personnel
Yaws
Liberia

268. You are the hope and the voice

Publication:: [New York, N.Y.] : Partnership for a Drug-Free Amercia, [19--?]
Subject(s):: Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
Adolescent
Child

269. You're it

Publication:: [New Jersey?] : Merck, Vaccine Division, c2000
Subject(s):: Hepatitis A -- prevention & control
Child
Hepatitis A Vaccines

270. [A young girl does corrective exercises for strabismus, using a stereoscope]

Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2010]
Subject(s):: Strabismus -- therapy
Child
Orthoptics -- instrumentation

271. [Young girl dressed as a nurse examining a Raggedy Ann doll]

Publication:: Little Rock : Arkansas Children's Hospital, [1959]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Play and Playthings
United States

272. [Young girl dressed as a nurse standing in front of a chair and an American flag]

Publication:: [United States?] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Red Cross

273. [Young girl dressed as a nurse]

Publication:: [United States?] : [Publisher not identified], [1900-1950?]
Subject(s):: Nurses
Child
Red Cross

274. Young infants or children suffering from vomiting are better rehydrated with small volumes of oral fluid given by spoon

Subject(s):: Child
Bangladesh
World Health Organization.

275. Young lives are threatened by diarrheal diseases. But research has replaced the old method of rehydration through an intravenous drip by oral rehydration drinks which can be prepared by the mother at home

Subject(s):: Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Child
World Health Organization.

276. Your friend & AIDS: a coloring book

Author(s):: Evans, Peg, author
Haslip, Katrina, author
Publication:: New York : Upper Manhattan Task Force on AIDS, [between 1985 and 1992?]
Subject(s):: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- transmission
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Child
HIV Seropositivity