Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
United States. Navy Department Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
United States., Government Printing Office.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C. : U.S. Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery] : U.S. G.P.O., 1943
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- prevention & control,
Military Personnel,
Sexual Behavior,
United States
Genre(s):
Posters
Abstract:
Multicolor poster with black lettering. Title at top of poster. Poster features a thirteen-panel cartoon in which four sailors in a cafe discuss picking up an attractive woman and the possibility of getting a sexually transmitted disease. In the final panel, the sailor who leaves with the woman is shown in a sick bed, being visited by a grim reaper-style ghost.
Extent:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : 55 x 36 cm.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101438720
NLM Image ID:
A025551
Permanent Link:
resource.nlm.nih.gov/101438720
Info:
Owner:
History of Medicine Division - NLM - NIH
Source:
Flickr Commons
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