Ways to catch the flu

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Ways to catch the flu. Colour lithograph after designs by Coggin, 194–. Six cartoon-like scenes illustrating ways to catch flu: a woman wearing a short skirt instead of slacks on a winter's day; eating too much and the wrong foods; "sneeze in the other guy's face"; sleeping with the window wide open on a cold night; trying to treat oneself as doctors do (sketch of a doctor, shown as a man with white hair, treating himself with a hot foot-bath and a whisky and soda ("Last of all, doctor yourself. MD's are dumb birds."). Created between 1940 and 1949?. Influenza – Prevention. Health. Self-care, Health. Contributors: Coggin (Cartoonist); Academy of Medicine of Cleveland. Work ID: udapx935.

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