Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
Visual culture and public health a historical symposium sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.
Contributor:
Manderson, Lenore.
Contributor (Organization):
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Medical Arts and Photography Branch.
Contributor (Organization):
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Contributor (Organization):
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Friends.
Contributor (Organization):
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). History of Medicine Division.
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (Genre):
Congresses
Subject (MeSH Term):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome history
Subject (MeSH Term):
Art history
Subject (MeSH Term):
Geography history
Subject (MeSH Term):
History of Medicine
Subject (MeSH Term):
Medicine in Art
Subject (MeSH Term):
Public Health
Subject (MeSH Term):
Sexual Behavior history
Subject (MeSH Term):
Anthropology history
Subject (MeSH Term):
Audiovisual Aids
Subject (MeSH Term):
Communications Media history
Publication Information:
[Bethesda, Md. : Medical Arts and Photography Branch, National Institutes of Health, 2003]
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C04230
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : col. ; 114 x 77 cm.
Image Description:
Blue poster with a blue/gray image of a person's face and a shield with "cleanliness" printed on it. The text regarding the symposium is printed over the image. Along the right side are five additional images, possibly photographs of posters. From top to bottom they are: the stick drawing of a child with four flowers growing beside him with the caption "I have AIDS, Please hug me. I can't make you sick; a sign with the message "Danger, typhus carried by lice", and "Sign on Naples Road" at the bottom of the image; several condoms spread out, all in different colors, with "Life Savers" on the image; a black and white photograph of a female nurse vaccinating children; and a drawing of a farm scene with the caption "The air we breathe". The logos for the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH, NLM, and NLM History of Medicine Division are along the right side of the poster near the bottom. The Web site address for the symposium is along the bottom of the poster. The titles of the speeches include: Creating institutions, making health public; Public health as public art: the role of images in a time of epidemics; Seeing the visible, imagining the invisible; Picturing sex, representing AIDS; and Mapping the frontiers of public health.
Note (General):
Accession number: 04-05.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Visual culture and public health, sponsored by the History of Medicine Division of the National Library of Medicine, will include presentations representing the disciplines of history of medicine, history of science, anthropology, sociology, geography, art history, and visual and media studies.
Note (General):
Speakers, Lenore Manderson, et al.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
HMD provides access to digital images in lieu of originals when electronic copies exist. Access to originals may require advance notice. Please see HMD Reference Librarian for more information.
Funding Agency:
Co-sponsored by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine
URL:
Call Number:
PP05607 map
Record UI:
101456584

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