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After scientists confirmed that mosquitoes can transmit yellow fever and other diseases, mosquito control emerged as an important public health measure. Discover how Americans have managed mosquitoes at home and abroad through this selection of items from the NLM collection.

Title card showing the words "Firestone Presents"

Medicine in the Tropics, ca. 1957

Courtesy National Library of Medicine

This film, produced for the Firestone Tire & Rubber company, uses outdated, racist language and imagery to describe the role of private industry in health research, sanitation, and insect control in Liberia.

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