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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists

Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.

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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

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  • Prevention of congenital syphilis, represented by a baby, a man and a woman, and a hand bursting through the letters "VD". Colour lithograph by A. Games, ca. 1951.
  • Syphilis: the benefits of its medical treatment, contrasted with the consequences of leaving it untreated. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • Syphilis: the benefits of its medical treatment, contrasted with the consequences of leaving it untreated. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A boy casting the shadow of an adult, referring to the danger of inherited venereal disease. Colour lithograph after Reginald Mount.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
  • A young man, J. Kay, afflicted with a disease which has eaten away part of his face. Oil painting, ca. 1820.
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