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患肺結核病的人, 要有革命的樂觀主義精神, 對健康的恢復要有信心… (Patients must have confidence and patience in getting cured), 1953

患肺結核病的人, 要有革命的樂觀主義精神, 對健康的恢復要有信心… (Patients must have confidence and patience in getting cured), Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association, 1953

In 1953, the Shanghai Anti-Tuberculosis Association produced a large series of anti-TB posters. This poster shows a worried man, presumably sick with TB, sitting at a desk listening to his doctor. The patient thinks about his work at the factory and what he will do if he cannot work because he need to recover.


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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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