“How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis” from 1908

This scrapbook by Hermann M. Biggs and the New York Department of Health includes a short history of the campaign against tuberculosis and glued-in maps, diagrams, sample cards and forms that were used.

You can find the full digitized version online through our catalogue or you can visit the Osler Library of the History of Medicine and to see the original book.

'Don't Spit' pamphlet on page 117 from 'How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis'

‘Don’t Spit’ pamphlet on page 117 from ‘How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis’

'Co-operation diagram' on page 15 from 'How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis'

‘Co-operation diagram’ on page 15 from ‘How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis’

Cover of 'How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis'

Cover of ‘How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis’

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