Health and hygiene graphics collection, 1796-1991.

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Health and hygiene graphics collection, 1796-1991.

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This portion of the collection contains articles about patent medicines, women doctors, nurses, and diseases (cholera); six plates from the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1796) on midwifery showing fetuses in different birth positions in the womb and gynecological instruments; a biographical pamphlet on Florence Nightingale; advertisements for women's health and hygiene products; and nine cartoons.

141 items.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7441193

Pennsylvania State University Libraries

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