"An Iconography of Contagion" by Michael Sappol (March 3, 2010)

Michael Sappol, Ph.D. (Curator-Historian, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland) introduced the traveling exhibit of posters entitled, "An Iconography of Contagion" which was created for the National Academy of Sciences using posters from the National Library of Medicine's collection. Dr. Sappol gave a brief introduction of iconography and followed with an historical timeline of predominantly United States public health posters from the early 20th century with some from Europe, Asia, and Africa. Commentary covering public health education campaigns, strategies, and goals was addressed. Public health infecious diseases displayed and discussed were pneumonia, malaria, gonorrhea, syphilis, and AIDS.

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