A monster with poisonous slime oozing from its mouth; representing sexually transmitted diseases in Germany after World War II. Colour lithograph after H. Ehlers, 1946.

  • Ehlers, Henry, 1897-1988.
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[1946?]
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580230i
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A monster with poisonous slime oozing from its mouth; representing sexually transmitted diseases in Germany after World War II. Colour lithograph after H. Ehlers, 1946. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Bayern] [Bavaria]] : [publisher not identified] ([Munich?] : Tiefdruck Münchner Graphische Kunstanstalten (aus F. Bruckmann KG.), [1946?]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.5 x 43 cm

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Im Januar 1946 15.3 Syphilis Erkrankungen auf 10000 Einw. i. Bayern. 28.3 Erkrankungen im September. Im Januar 1946 57.5 Gonorrhoe Erkrankungen auf 10000 Einw. i. Bayern. 81,4 Erkrankungen im September. H. Ehlers The lettering states that between January and September 1946, cases of syphilis in Bavaria rose from 15.3 per 10,000 to 28.3 per 10,000 inhabitants, and cases of gonorrhoea from 57.5 to 81.4 per 10,000

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Wellcome Collection 580230i

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Forms a pair with companion work: Wellcome Library no. 545751i

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