A warning against sexually transmitted diseases: in a three-horse race watched by Death, syphilis is about to overtake tuberculosis, while cancer comes third. Colour lithograph by E.-C. Jodelet, 1926.

  • Jodelet, Emmanuel-Charles, 1883-1973.
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[1926]
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545733i
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A warning against sexually transmitted diseases: in a three-horse race watched by Death, syphilis is about to overtake tuberculosis, while cancer comes third. Colour lithograph by E.-C. Jodelet, 1926. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The horse in front is labelled Tuberculose, the horse in second position is labelled Syphilis, while a horse labelled Cancer comes third by a long chalk

Publication/Creation

[Montauban?] : Office d'Hygiène Sociale de Tarn-&-Garonne, [1926] (Paris (50 rue de Châteaudun) : Les I.F.R.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 59.4 x 79.5 cm

Lettering

Ligue Nationale Française contre le Péril Vénérien. La course à la mort. Tuberculose: 150.000 morts par an; Syphilis: 140.000 [morts par an]; Cancer: 40.000 [morts par an] ; Jodelet 1926 ; Affiche adopteé par la Commission Générale de Propagande de l'Office National d'Hygiène Sociale. Bears authorisation "Vu: le Ministre du Travail, de l'Hygiène, de l'Assistance et de Prévoyance Sociales"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 545733i

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Copyright is currently (11 June 2002) held by the Institut Alfred Fournier, 25 bd. Saint-Jacques, 5680 Paris cedex 14

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