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結核病人的痰中含有結核桿菌, 將痰吐在地上, 乾燥後隨塵埃飛揚空中, 傳染他人 (When phlegm dries, it spreads with dust, and the tubercle bacilli infect people), 1953

結核病人的痰中含有結核桿菌, 將痰吐在地上, 乾燥後隨塵埃飛揚空中, 傳染他人 (When phlegm dries, it spreads with dust, and the tubercle bacilli infect people), Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1953

In 1953, the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association produced a large series of anti-TB posters. This poster warns families from surfaces with dried Mycobacterium tuberculosis after those infected with TB have spit on the ground.


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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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