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[Poster, probably about smallpox and vaccination] / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.

Shanghai, China: a funeral procession, with people carrying banners. Photograph, 18--.

Smallpox : Vaccination and re-vaccination are necessary for prevention : Infants should be vaccinated as soon as possible after birth : consult your doctor now : indigent persons will be vaccinated free of charge by the Public Health Department.

Russian public health notice / C. Noel Davis, Commissioner of PublicHealth.

The doorway into a chemist's shop in Shanghai: there is a sign outside written in both English and Chinese. Photograph.

Cholera : caused by food infected by the excretions of a previous case : how to prevent ... / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.

Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1871.

Shanghai, China: a woman wearing a velvet snood. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.

Vaccination once every three years protects against smallpox : Are you protected? Free vaccination will be done at the Municipal Branch Health Office as follows ... / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.

Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1849 / by the Committee.

Shanghai: three Chinese women prisoners locked at the neck into one cangue (portable pillory). Photograph, 18--.

The sixth annual report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1852 / by the Committee.

Henry Lester Institute of medical research, Shanghai reel one.

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Shanghai

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Images referencing Shanghai

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Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1849 / by the Committee.

Shanghai: three Chinese women prisoners locked at the neck into one cangue (portable pillory). Photograph, 18--.

The sixth annual report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1852 / by the Committee.

Henry Lester Institute of medical research, Shanghai reel one.

Shanghai

Images from the collections

Images referencing Shanghai

Works from the collections

Shanghai, Kiangsu province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1871.

Report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1849 / by the Committee.

Shanghai: three Chinese women prisoners locked at the neck into one cangue (portable pillory). Photograph, 18--.

The sixth annual report of the Chinese Hospital, at Shanghae, from January 1st, to December 31st, 1852 / by the Committee.

Henry Lester Institute of medical research, Shanghai reel one.

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