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Images referencing Sputum

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  • Tuberculosis: its dangers, how it is spread, its allies and enemies, and precautions to be taken against it. Colour lithograph with vignettes by A. Rapeño, ca. 1918.
  • A patient wonders where he should 'cough up' (his spittle); the doctor responds that if he means money, then into his hand. Process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
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Works from the collections

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    Die Lehre vom Auswurf : ein Beitrag zur medicinischen Klinik / von Anton Biermer.

    | Biermer Anton, 1827-1892. | Date: 1855
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    On the minute structure and chemical composition of tubercular deposits / by John Hughes Bennett.

    | John Hughes Bennett | Date: 1846
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    The sputum : its examination and clinical significance / by Randall Clifford.

    | Clifford, Randall, 1889- | Date: 1932
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    Tuberculosis: its dangers, how it is spread, its allies and enemies, and precautions to be taken against it. Colour lithograph with vignettes by A. Rapeño, ca. 1918.

    | Commission américaine de préservation contre la tuberculose en France. | Date: [1918?] | Reference: 47668i
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    A man who spat in public forced to stand in the corner like a naughty child. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 194-.

    | Fougasse | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 979819i
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Tuberculosis - Transmission

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