The centenary of the discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Robert Koch is an encouragement to defeat tuberculosis. Colour lithograph, 1982.

[Place of publication not identified] : International Union against Tuberculosis : World Health Organization, 1982.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 60 x 40 cm

Defeat TB now and forever. Koch 100. 1982 centenary of the discovery of the bacillus of tuberculosis by Robert Koch. Poster contributed by the International Green Cross Bears logo of each of the publishers. Bears a cross with two crossbars, which was adopted as the symbol of the fight against tuberculosis on 23 October 1902 at a Berlin conference, on the suggestion of Gilbert Sersiron. It had been the device on the standard of Godfrey of Bouillon, who had placed it on the tower of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem in 1099. Its adoption indicated that the fight against tuberculosis was analogous to a crusade seen from the Christian point of view. Though similar in form, it had no significant connnection with the cross of Lorraine. Information from Thierry Devinck, André Wilquin: publicités, Paris: Agence Culturelle de Paris, Mairie de Paris, 1991, p. 68

Wellcome Collection 591337i

The International Green Cross is a relief organization run by members of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. It is particularly, but not exclusively, concerned with the relief of leprosy