Science Art: Mei yi ge fei jie he bing ren…(Consumptive Disease), 1953.

MeYiGeFeiJieHeBingRen

A medical poster about pulmonary disease. I can’t read all the writing under it (other than “yi” ((one)) and “ren” ((person))), but after the cold I’ve had this week, I think I know just a little about how this guy feels.

“I’m sorry, son. You’ve got tuberculosis.”

OK, maybe not. But I can sympathize.

From the Images from the History of Medicine collection of the NIH.