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How an animation educated the army

In a 1940s cartoon intended to persuade US troops to take malaria medication, the makers pitted a clodhopping soldier against a wily mosquito. If only Private SNAFU had followed the government’s advice.

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We who can’t believe

Unless she falls to the floor unconscious, Anne Boyer has always ignored signs of illness. Cancer, however, made her face her fallibility.

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The island of unclaimed bodies

In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.

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Sick of being lonely

When his relationship ended, Thom James first withdrew from the world, then began to suffer from illnesses with no apparent physical cause.

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  • Philadelphia International Exposition, 1876: the Hospital of the Medical Department of the United States Army: a ward of empty beds. Photograph, 1876.
  • The faces of Latin American men and women of New York united in their support against AIDS by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • The physicians and surgeons of the United States / edited by William B. Atkinson.
  • Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President of the United States of America 1877-1881. Photograph, 1880.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
  • A guide map to the Museum of History and Technology / United States National Museum, Smithsonian institution.
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