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Heart - Diseases - Prevention

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  • A man at a funfair by the seaside, being compelled to move rapidly by his dog pulling him forwards; representing exercise as good for the heart. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.
  • The heart and blood circulation system: anatomy and physiology explained through diagrams for children, with a view to heart disease prevention. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • A hand holding a burning cigarette by an ashtray; representing smoking as a cause of heart disease. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
  • A dish of garnish after a cat has removed a cooked fish from the centre of it, leaving a fish-shaped gap; representing fish as a subsitute for meat that is healthy for the heart. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.
  • People bicycling and walking in a park in the Netherlands; advertising exercise as preventing heart disease. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.
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Catalogue

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    A hand holding a burning cigarette by an ashtray; representing smoking as a cause of heart disease. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001.

    | Date: [2001?] | Reference: 2066192i
    • Books
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    A practical analysis of seventy cases of inflammatory, functional, and structural disease of the heart : with observations on the treatment and prevention / by S. Scott Alison, M.D.

    Alison, Somerville Scott, 1813-1877. | Date: 1851
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    National heart foundation and Sir Sandy McNamara.

    | Date: 1999
    • Pictures

    A drummer banging a drum in the shape of a heart; representing the regular heartbeat of a person with a healthy lifestyle. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2001 (?).

    | Date: [2001?] | Reference: 2066462i
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    A dish of garnish after a cat has removed a cooked fish from the centre of it, leaving a fish-shaped gap; representing fish as a subsitute for meat that is healthy for the heart. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.

    | Date: [2000?] | Reference: 749558i
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