Care for your hands: hand care for people with leprosy
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- Pettit, Susan. PJ Twomey Hospital. Health Education Unit. Leprosy Trust Board.
- Publication:
- Tamavua, Fiji : PJ Twomey Hospital, Health Education Unit, 1987
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Leprosy -- prevention & control Leprosy -- complications Hand Injuries -- prevention & control
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Pale yellow poster with red and black lettering. Initial title words in upper right corner of poster. Three illustrations below title depict cutting cane with a knife, putting a log in a fire, and pounding a nail with a hammer, all potential ways to injure a hand. Remaining title words below illustrations. Caption below title. Two paragraphs of text in Fijian (?) below caption appear to translate and expand upon English text. Dominant visual image is an illustration of a woman, kneeling and looking at her hands. A tub, oil, soap, and a towel sit in front of her. Publisher and sponsor information at bottom of poster.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 59 x 44 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101438579 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A025959
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101438579