Not a divine curse, not by birth: leprosy is caused only by germs
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Alternate Title(s):
- Leprosy is caused only by germs
- Contributor(s):
- Christian Medical College (Vellore, India). Hospital. Audio Visual Unit.
- Publication:
- [Vellore, India : Audio Visual Unit, C.M.C. Hospital, 19--]
- Language(s):
- English Hindi
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Leprosy -- etiology Mycobacterium leprae -- pathogenicity Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Predominantly yellow poster with red and black lettering. Some text in a Devanāgarī script (Hindi?). Text dispersed throughout poster. Visual images are illustrations of religious buildings, a mother breastfeeding her baby, and a man in a lab coat looking through a microscope. A circle filled with small, red rods appears just above the microscope, suggestive of the germs the man may be viewing.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 76 x 51 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101447960 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A027855
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101447960