An action taken to prevent disease, especially by specified means or against a specified disease

A travelling procession of health officials who ironically praise the coming of vaccination. Etching.

A procession of health officials ironically proclaiming the coming of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

Screening for good health : the Australian guide to health screening and immunisation / Martin Bray, Kerry Kirke, Nicola Spurrier.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; image 15.4 x 21.5 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.5 x 22.7 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 17.6 x 22.7 cm

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Preventive health services

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Screening for good health : the Australian guide to health screening and immunisation / Martin Bray, Kerry Kirke, Nicola Spurrier.

A procession of health officials ironically proclaiming the coming of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A travelling procession of health officials who ironically praise the coming of vaccination. Etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

Preventive health services

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Screening for good health : the Australian guide to health screening and immunisation / Martin Bray, Kerry Kirke, Nicola Spurrier.

A procession of health officials ironically proclaiming the coming of vaccination. Coloured etching.

A travelling procession of health officials who ironically praise the coming of vaccination. Etching.

A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.

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