A shield to protect against syphilis represented as a skull. Lithograph, 1924/1930.

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[between 1924 and 1930]
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47562i
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A shield to protect against syphilis represented as a skull. Lithograph, 1924/1930. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Paris (26 Bd. de Vaugirard) : Edité par la C[ommiss]ion G[énéra]le de Propagande de l'Office N[ation]al d'Hygiène Sociale, [between 1924 and 1930]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in blue and black ; image and border 115.6 x 76 cm

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République francaise. Ministère de Travail, de l'Hygiène, de l'Assistance et de la Prévoyance Sociales. Défendez-vous contre la syphilis. ... Lettering continues: Ne vous exposez pas à la contagion. Mais si vous êtes atteint: pour ne pas contaminer vos proches - pour que vos bébés ne soient pas des dégénérés - pour que vous ne risquiez pas de devenir tôt ou tard aveugle, paralytique, ataxique ou fou, faites-vous soigner de suite par votre médecin ou aux dispensaires antivénériens. Demander leur liste au Ministère d'Hygiène, 26, Bd de Vaugirard, Paris (XVe.)

References note

'When he arrived in Paris in 1930, Henry Miller found the walls of his new city plastered with lurid posters calling for public vigilance against the scourges of syphilis and cancer: "In every Metro station there are grinning skulls that greet you with Défendez-vous contre la syphilis! Wherever there are walls, there are posters with bright venomous crabs heralding the approach of cancer. No matter where you go, no matter what you touch, there is cancer and syphilis" (Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, 189)'--Walking Paris with Henry Miller (blog), 3 September 2008
Marine Robert-Sterkendries, Posters of health, Brussels 1996, no. 321
M. Robert-Sterkendries, La santé s'affiche, Bruxelles: Therabel, 2003, no. 677, p. 342

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