Prevention of encephalitis among children in China. Colour lithograph, ca. 1970.
- Zhou, Xiaolin, active approximately 1970.
- Date:
- [1970?]
- Reference:
- 655308i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Typical of the means used by the Chinese government to promulgate health education and awareness in rural China. Such posters were usually pasted on walls and pasted over when the next campaign-- political or health education--came to town
Publication/Creation
[Beijing] : Jian kang bao she, [1970?]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 95.7 x 68.1 cm
Lettering
An quan jie sheng
Six colour illustrations after paintings, above each of which are large Chinese characters providing the basic message. These characters are accompanied by romanisations of the characters to aid pronunciation and recognition by a semi-literate rural population. More detailed descriptions and advice are given beneath each illustration
Contents
1 Visit of a barefoot doctor (woman) to a village.-- 2 Doctor (man in white coat) in discussion with the father of a stricken child.-- 3 Steps to eradicate mosquitos, filling in of puddles etc. 4 Spraying interiors of farm houses with insecticide.-- 5 Child sleeping under a mosquito net being inspected by the mother.-- 6 Happy children being injected
Creator/production credits
Author named as Zhou Xiaolin; illustrator Me Gong; publisher: Jian kang bao she (Health Newspaper Office)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 655308i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores