An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948.

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[1948?]
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580287i
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An American sailor sits disconsolately in his pyjamas, regretting his infection with a venereal disease incurable with penicillin. Colour lithograph, ca. 1948. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel, [1948?] ([Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Government Printing Office)

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 50.6 x 38 cm

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VD. Sometimes Penicillin doesn't work. Venereal disease is easier to prevent than to cure. Bears device of U.S. Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel, and number: NAVPERS 11051 VD-31 A[?] Bears printer's number: U.S. Government Printing Office 767230

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Wellcome Collection 580287i

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