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消化道傳染 (Channel 2 of spreading tuberculosis: through the digestive system), 1953

消化道傳染 (Channel 2 of spreading tuberculosis: through the digestive system), Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1953

In 1953, the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association produced a large series of anti-TB posters. This poster consists of a group of small images showing how tuberculosis could be transmitted when people are eating together, sharing a towel, using shared utensils, and using saliva to count paper money and flip book pages.


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Poster with a cityscape featuring Tiananmen, a farm, factories, and a Chinese flag on each side of a red star in the sky, text in the middle.

In 1953 the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association produced a large series of anti-TB posters that sought to educate the public on the causes, symptoms, treatments, and methods of preventing the spread of TB.


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