Lyme disease: a tick-borne illness that can affect the whole family
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency.
- Publication:
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. : U.S. Army Environmental Hygiene Agency, [1992]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Lyme Disease Ixodes -- pathogenicity Tick Control
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- Multicolor poster. Dominant visual image is an illustration of a soldier with a gun, an adult woman, and a girl with her eyes closed (blind?) and her dog, all behind some dense grass. A close-up of a tick and the title text are superimposed on the bottom of illustration. Lower portion of poster features lengthy text explaining the ecology, symptoms, and prevention of Lyme disease. Illustrations of a field mouse and a tick on the same twig, a man with a rash on his arm and a man walking with a cane, and soldiers spraying pesticides and applying DEET accompany the text. Illustrations of ticks and how to remove them also appear. Publisher and series information at bottom of poster.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 87 x 62 cm.
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101450666 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A032145
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101450666