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Iron lung (c. 1933) used to "breathe" for polio patients until 1955 when polio vaccine became available is located in the Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile, Alabama

Highsmith, Carol M, photographer. Iron lungused to "breathe" for polio patients until 1955 when polio vaccine became available is located in the Mobile Medical Museum, Mobile, Alabama. Mobile United States Alabama, 2010. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010637071/.

Typhoid Mary

Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Typhoid Mary." Encyclopedia Britannica, January 16, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Typhoid-Mary.

Films on Demand

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Films on Demand consists of 15,500 video titles (77,000 segments) in Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Economics, Health, and Science. Also included is the new collection of United Newsreels which includes an additional 260 titles (1,250 segments) and the World Cinema Collection.

Pandemic of 1918

Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918

Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of. Washington D.C, 1918. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/00652429/.

WWII & Venereal Disease

"Don't Be a Dope...Play Safe!"

American Social Health Association Records (1905-2005), University of Minnesota, Social Welfare History Archives, United States Government and Military VD Graphic posters, 1940s Box Oversize flat 1, http://purl.umn.edu/62436.