A tree made of people, on which a burr (burl) grows like a cancer. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.

  • Fellnagel, Dorothy Darling, 1913-2006.
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[1941]
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660169i
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A tree made of people, on which a burr (burl) grows like a cancer. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[Place of publication not identified] : United States Public Health Service, [1941]

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 71.7 x 55.5 cm

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Cancer: early diagnosis would save 50,000 lives every year. Fellnagel Bears number: 1

References note

'Public Health Service publications. A list of publications issued during the period January-June 1941', Public health reports, 22 August 1941, vol. 56, p. 1711 ("1. Cancer. Early diagnosis would save 50,000 lives every year. 2. Cancer. From 7th to 2nd place among the big killers-in the last 25 years. 3. Cancer. Only X-ray, radium, surgery, ever cured cancer. 4. Cancer danger signals.")

Reference

Wellcome Collection 660169i

Creator/production credits

The artist Fellnagel is assumed to be Dorothy Darling Fellnagel, b. Kansas City, Aug. 26, 1913; d. Oakland, California, Apr. 22, 2006 (Susan V. Craig, Biographical dictionary of Kansas artists active before 1945, 2006, s.v. Fellnagel)

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