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傳病的蝨子 (Lice spread diseases), 1952

傳病的蝨子 (Lice spread diseases), Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health, 1952

This poster teaches Chinese citizens how lice spread disease. It provides illustrations of the different types of lice, shows how they spread diseases like trench fever and relapsing fever, and shows ways of prevention, such as good personal hygiene and elimination of lice.


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Poster with 3 horizontal panels of images and text showing ways of preventing infectious diseases by keeping one’s environment clean, title on top

This poster series produced by the Propaganda Office of the Central Ministry of Health in 1952 uses panels of images to educate citizens on the various ways of preventing disease from keeping their environment, water, and food clean to getting vaccinations and eradicating vectors of disease like lice, mosquitoes, and flies


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