A man composed of testimonials for quack-medicines takes some medicine from a bottle in the vain hope of curing his syphilis or gonorrhoea. Colour lithograph by L. Karsakov, 1944.

  • Karsakov, Leonard, 1917-1993.
Date:
1944
Reference:
678378i
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Publication/Creation

[Washington, D.C.?] : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944.

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 46.6 x 36.3 cm

Lettering

No home remedy or quack ever cured syphilis or gonorrhea. see your doctor or health officer. Karsakov. Federal Security Agency. U.S. Public Health Service VD7R Bears U.S. Government Printing Office reference number: O-577240 Bears U.S. Public Health Service number: VD7R

References note

M. Sappol, An iconography of contagion, [s.l., 2008], unnumbered page (different version reproduced)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 678378i

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