Prevention and treatment of syphilis and gonorrhoea. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950.

[London?] : Issued by the Ministry of Health, [1950?]

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 37.4 x 24.1 cm

Syphilis and gonorrhoea. VD. If not treated skilfully in its early stages, syphilis is often a killing disease. Untreated gonorrhoea is also serious; it may cause chronic ill health or make parenthood impossible. ... Lettering continues: For those who are infected, or think they may be, advice and treatment are free and confidential at any VD clinic. Addresses of the nearest clinics: .... VD can be cured [device of hand in letters VD] if treated early but clean living is the real safeguard. … Prepared by the Central Office of Information Bears printers reference no.: M.M.P. Ltd. Wt P67703-2693

In sequence with Wellcome Library no. 576146i (differentiated by a café-au-lait ground, whereas the present print is on a sea-green ground)

Wellcome Collection 576143i

By Abram Games? Lacks his signature, but the form of the red letters VD is similar to his, and the work includes the device of the transparent hand reversed out of the red letters VD, which is one of Games's designs