"How to Prevent Consumption (Tuberculosis) and Other Germ Diseases"
Pamphlet
By: Gardner Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis
Date: 1900
Source: Gardner Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis. "How to Prevent Consumption (Tuberculosis) and Other Germ Diseases." U.S. National Library of Medicine. Available online at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/ephemera/images/tb17.gif; website home page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov (accessed March 14, 2003).
About the Organization: The Gardner Association for the Prevention and Relief of Tuberculosis was organized in 1884 as a nonprofit organization in Rhode Island for the eradication of tuberculosis. Its leaflets offered commonsense advice in helping people avoid contracting tuberculosis and other infectious diseases.
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