Typhoid Fever

Typhoid Fever

Contributor(s):
Connecticut Health Office
The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection
Publication:
Connecticut Health Office, [ca. 1905]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Typhoid Fever
Public Health
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Posters
Slides (photographs)
Abstract:
Laboratory-based advances in bacteriology and immunology in the late-nineteenth century helped treat and prevent these deadly diseases. By 1930, the successful immunization of thousands of children demonstrated the promise and force of the laboratory in infectious disease control. The development of antibiotics in the 1940s further revolutionized the treatment of infectious bacterial disease. Still, diseases like typhoid fever, identified in the quarantine poster to the left, remain very common worldwide over 60 years after the development of the first antibiotics. This poster illustrates the seriousness of its message in both style and content. The headline names the disease in large, distinctive font and the accompanying message informs the viewer that removal of the notice is punishable by a fine.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584655X109 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
VCBBHS
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X109
Archival Collection:
Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)