A skeleton riding on a fly which excretes disease; representing the need to exterminate flies as a public health measure. Lithograph after design by L. Moragas Pomar, ca. 1925/1928.

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A skeleton riding on a fly which excretes disease; representing the need to exterminate flies as a public health measure. Lithograph after design by L. Moragas Pomar, ca. 1925/1928.