A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.

Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 69.4 x 49.2 cm

The anti-toxin treatment of diphtheria / by John Glaister.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 130 x 93.5 cm

Means to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria : recommended by the Board of Health of New Haven.

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Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.

The anti-toxin treatment of diphtheria / by John Glaister.

A jester representing the disinfectant Papier d'Arménie scourges figures representing the infectious diseases cholera, typhoid, diphtheria and smallpox. Colour lithograph by A. Van Geleyn, ca. 1890.

Means to prevent the spread of scarlet fever and diphtheria : recommended by the Board of Health of New Haven.