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Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
Subject (Topic)
Prostitution
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Creator:
Epstein, Raphael, artist
Published / Created:
'44 [1944].
Call Number:
Poster0650
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from item.
Publisher:
U.S.A., S.O.S., S.W.P.A.
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, World War, 1939-1945, Prostitution, Condom use, Prostitutes, and Soldiers
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > "Most promiscuous women have venereal disease!" Dont take a chance ... / [graphic]
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1784]
Call Number:
Print10028
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat old woman leans back in an armchair, her left leg thrust forward. She pulls up her petticoat to display the bare leg, on which is a running sore, to an aged doctor (right), who bends over it, holding his spectacles to his eyes. Her desperate pl...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Skin, Diseases, Courtesans, Physicians, Candles, Eyeglasses, and Obesity
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A bawd on her last legs [graphic]
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[6 April 1803]
Call Number:
Print00785
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A naked, bald, and grotesquely obese man stands on the tips of his toes about to plunge, or rather topple, into a bath, in which he admires, Narcissus-like, his own absurd reflection. He is poised on a platform projecting over the bath; behind him st...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 6, 1803, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand, London
Subject (Name):
Narcissus (Greek mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Public baths, Obesity, Therapeutic baths, Bathing, Nudes, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > A diver [graphic]
Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[1 March 1812]
Call Number:
Print00266
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Baths, Warm, Courtesans, Public baths, Doors & doorways, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Catching an elephant [graphic]
Creator:
Sabin, artist
Published / Created:
[1943]
Call Number:
Poster0142
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from item.
Publisher:
Venereal Disease Education Institute
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, World War, 1939-1945, Prostitution, Prostitutes, and Cigarettes
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Danger : Disease ahead! Gonorrhea, syphilis / [graphic]
Creator:
Casa, Charles, artist
Published / Created:
[1943]
Call Number:
Poster0033
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from item.
Publisher:
U. S. Navy in conjunction with the Office of War Information and United States Government Printing Office
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, World War, 1939-1945, Prostitution, Prostitutes, and Cigarettes
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Easy to get... Syphilis and gonorrhea / [graphic]
Creator:
Winckler, Jean Benoit, 18th century, printmaker
Published / Created:
[ca. 1757]
Call Number:
Print00671
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
ches l'Auteur
Subject (Topic):
Public health, Prostitution, Sexually transmitted diseases, Prostitutes, Spectators, Carts & wagons, Horses, and Dogs
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Le transport des filles de joye à l'hôpital [graphic]
Creator:
Ganière, Jean, -1666, printmaker
Published / Created:
[16--]
Call Number:
Print10131
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Ganiere ex ave Privil
Subject (Topic):
Health behavior, Fish traps, Hospitals, Prostitution, Gambling, and Alcoholic beverages
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Les trois nases du monde Lon nen sort pas comme on y entre. [graphic]
Creator:
Quinton, George, 1779-, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 June 1797]
Call Number:
Print10126
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from item.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament June 24 1797 for G. Quinton & Sold by W. Stevenson Norwich
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Magdalen Hospital (London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Hospitals, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Magdalen Hospital, for the reception of penitent prostitutes [graphic]
Published / Created:
[ca. 1939-1945]
Call Number:
Poster0032
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Venereal Disease Education Institute
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, World War, 1939-1945, Prostitution, Soldiers, Sailors, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > She may look clean - but ... Pick-ups "good time" girls prostitutes spread syphilis and gonorrhea. [graphic]
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