A selection of historical public health communications from around the world. From the Cushing/Whitney Medical Digital Library collection.
Drugs Are Shit
Poland
Australia
Always Wear Shoes
Iran
USA
India
USA
Softens, Strengthen, Electifies
France
I will sleep alone with windows open, and my head uncovered by the blanket
Taiwan
USA
India
USA
Australia
Will Self describes some of the prescription-only medication he’s found lying around in the streets.
Read MoreGrandma waves at me. I run and jump into her arms.
I take deep smells of her hug;
she smells like every old person. Her eyes
are like polluted rivers of my home.
Said it, and the toad leapt onto the table, blew the match out and the lightning struck under the table…
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The tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
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The thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
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I spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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