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A skeleton raising a sword and wearing military regalia marches across a battlefield strewn with dead bodies in front of a flank of marching skeletons who carry flags emblazoned with "Heart Disease," "Cancer," "Pneumonia," and "Nephritis".
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Exhibition:
Exhibited: "Images from the History of the Public Health Service," organized by Ronald J. Kostraba, Parklawn Conference Center, 1989.