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A nurse portrayed as protector in anti-tuberculosis campaign, 1930s

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

  • Topic:

    Archetypes , Patriotism

  • Publisher:

    Italian Fascist National Federation for the Fight Against Tuberculosis, Rome
  • A White female nurse in white holds a shield up to stop green snakes.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    Giornata del fiore e della doppia croce per la lotta antitubercolare MCMXXXI-IX
    Viribus Unitis
    "Lo spirit pubblico, che comprende la estrema importanza e la vastità del problema, segue con interesse e con fiducia l'opera del Governo Fascista che ha posto la lotta contro la tubercolosi tra gli obbiettivi fondamentali della sua attività. Occorre che scienziati, legislatori, filantropi, popolo constituiscano una specie di fronte unico per condurre a vittoriosa fine la grande battaglia." Mussolini
    Grafia – Roma

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    Day of the flower and of the double cross for the fight against tuberculosis 1921-9
    With United Force
    "Public spirit, which understands the extreme importance and the vastness of the problem, follows with interest and with confidence the Fascist Government's actions that has placed the fight against tuberculosis among the fundamental objectives of its activity. It is needed that scientists, policy-makers, philanthropists constitute a kind of united front, to lead to a victorious end of the great battle." Mussolini
    Grafia - Rome

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