Warning: Watch Your Health!

I've been a bit hesitant to put this on my blog, because it's not a fun site, but in a way it's related to vintage posters with history. The site is very serious and grim. It might be depressing for some people. But, I think it's still interesting to see how the government dealt with promoting health's awareness, when the public was struggling with the veneral diseases like the TB and Gonorrhea, back in the early 20th century. Some of these posters are from other countries too.

The Government's website presents these health posters for infectious diseases, environmental health, anti smoking campaigns and HIV/AIDS.

Beware, that many of these posters are visually grim and disturbing. The venereal diseases from the 40's are particularly creepy. It's the painting style that bothered me, I guess. The posters above this post, "milder" posters.

You have to click on the titles to see the posters, they won't pop up right in front of you once you enter the site. I supposed it's a good thing for some people not to see them right away.

Visual Culture and Health Posters
http://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/VC/Views/Exhibit/other/visuals.html