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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.

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

On the minute structure and chemical composition of tubercular deposits / by John Hughes Bennett.

The sputum : its examination and clinical significance / by Randall Clifford.

A man who spat in public forced to stand in the corner like a naughty child. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 194-.

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

On the minute structure and chemical composition of tubercular deposits / by John Hughes Bennett.

The sputum : its examination and clinical significance / by Randall Clifford.

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 man who spat in public forced to stand in the corner like a naughty child. Colour lithograph after Fougasse, 194-.