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Interior of a state clinic, Pennsylvania: a nurse is shown seated at a desk, while doctor measures a girl's height and other patients wait to be seen. Photograph, 1910/1930?.

Market place, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Coloured aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1820.

Pennsylvania state laboratory water car, owned by the Pennsylvania Department of Health: two men are shown standing in front of the motor vehicle. Photograph, 1910/1930?.

A mobile milk control field laboratory, Pennsylvania: two men wearing white suits stand beside their van. Photograph, 1920/1930?.

The bare chest of a man with his fingers crossed representing a warning to gay men about practising safe sex; advertisement by the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Colour lithograph by PhotoSynthesis, Inc., 1994.

A mobile milk control field laboratory, Pennsylvania: two men wearing white suits take a large thermometer from the back of the van. Photograph, 1920/1930?.

An extended condom with a warning about the importance of using a condom when having sex; advertisement by the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Colour lithograph by PhotoSynthesis, Inc., 1994.

Public information notice, featuring a diphtheria quarantine card, Pennsylvania. Photograph, 1910/1930?.

Two pairs of legs entwined in bed sheets; advertisement for safe sex by the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. Colour lithograph by PhotoSynthesis, Inc., 1994.

Two figures in elaborate costume design advertising the world premier of the musical, Copernicus at the Annenberg Center by the Artists Alliance for AIDS. Lithograph by Zave Smith, 1994.

Jonathan E. Rhoads, M.D. : Quaker sense and sensibility in the world of surgery / John L. Rombeau, Donna Muldoon.

Medical caregiving and identity in Pennsylvania's anthracite region, 1880-2000 / Karol K. Weaver.

Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane : department for males / by Thomas S. Kirkbride.

Passing the legacy : a history of the last fifty years of the School of Nursing of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania / Eleanor Crowder Bjoring.

A compilation of the health-laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

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A compilation of the health-laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania

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A compilation of the health-laws of the State of Pennsylvania.

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