La syphilis: maladie héréditaire assassine la race

La syphilis: maladie héréditaire assassine la race

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Alternate Title(s):
Syphilis, maladie héréditaire assassine la race
Contributor(s):
Société française de prophylaxie sanitaire et morale. Comité d'éducation féminine.
Publication:
[France] : Société française de prophylaxie sanitaire et morale, Comité d'éducation féminine, [192-]
Language(s):
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Syphilis, Congenital -- mortality
Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical -- prevention & control
Syphilis -- prevention & control
Syphilis -- transmission
France
Genre(s):
Poster
Abstract:
Cream or discolored white poster with red and black lettering. Title at top of poster. Visual image is an illustration of a woman draped over a small coffin, as if in mourning. Caption next to illustration urges women to fight syphilis. Text below illustration indicates that 60,000 babies at their mothers' breasts and 36,000 children from birth to age 15 die each year in France due to syphilis. Statistics from two different organizations; one statistic dated 1924. Publisher information at bottom of poster.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 print (poster) : 61 x 81 cm.
Technique:
lithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:
101439389 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A026615
OCLC no.:
245507292
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101439389