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Sputum

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Images about Sputum

2 images from works
  • 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.

    Bennett, John Hughes, 1812-1875. | 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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