Beach scene illustration, taken from a 1924 advert. This sketch features people on the coast enjoying the sunshine, wearing typical clothing from the time. A striped tent-like construction can be seen in the background, along with a parasol.

The latest in our Rare Books Blog series features the work of Sir Leonard Hill, who championed the health benefits of open air & sunshine in 1920s England ⛱️

Read all about Hill's main works which feature in our LSHTM Library collection: bit.ly/4qTzMyB #HistMed #PublicHealthHistory #RareBooks #LSHTM

This moment underscores how public health outcomes are shaped not only by medical innovation, but by political will, social cooperation, and public trust.

#UCLA #LCHP #history #policy #OnThisDayInHistory #PolioVaccine #PublicHealthHistory #ScienceAndPolicy

Clear glass round ashtray printed with “DRUID CITY HOSPITAL” and an illustration of a hospital building; text below reads “TUSCALOOSA, ALA.”

Clear glass square ashtray printed with a blue medical symbol and the words “THE DOCTORS HOSPITAL” and “SEATTLE,” with “TDH” in the center.

Round metal ashtray with three cigarette rests; “RILEY COUNTY HOSPITAL” is stamped around the rim with a central medical-style emblem.

Square, dark metal ashtray with a heavily worn surface; “BUFFALO” is stamped at the top edge and “GENERAL HOSPITAL” at the bottom.

4 more hospital branded ashtrays, incl Druid City Hospital in Tuscaloosa, from an era when smoking was still accommodated in health care settings. Shared for historical documentation csts.ua.edu/ashtrays/
Prepared by Rebecca Whiting CSTS
#TobaccoHistory #MedicalHistory #PublicHealthHistory #Archives

A white ceramic ashtray with a fluted rim and thin gold ring, printed with a black illustration of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and small text reading “The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.”

A glossy black rectangular ashtray photographed from the side, with white block lettering that reads “MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER.”

A white ashtray with a fluted rim and gold trim, printed with an orange seal and text reading “The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston.”

A clear, star shaped glass ashtray with a blue and white center label reading “Hospitals Recommend Your Blue Cross Plan… Louisiana Hospital Service… Baton Rouge, La.”

Ash Wednesday, archival edition: hospital branded ashtrays from an era when smoking was still accommodated in health care settings. Shared for historical documentation. csts.ua.edu/ashtrays/
Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, GRA, CSTS
#TobaccoHistory #MedicalHistory #PublicHealthHistory #Archives

Color newspaper insert ad showing a couple and a large bottle of Targon Smokers’ Mouthwash, plus a “Save 55¢” coupon and small images of different mouthwash flavors.

Vintage Pebeco Tooth Paste print ad reading “Too Many Cigars Last Night?” with an illustration of an ashtray and cigarettes and a large tube of toothpaste at the bottom.

Black-and-white magazine ad titled “The Smoker’s Friend” for Bost Tooth Paste, featuring a smiling woman holding a cigarette and a toothpaste tube illustration near the bottom.

Black-and-white ad saying “RID YOUR HOME OR OFFICE OF ‘SMOKATOSIS!’” with a cartoon cloud labeled as smoke odor and a tall metal ash disposal container on the right.

Toothpaste, mouthwash, and “odor” fixes for smoker’s breath, plus “Smokatosis.” 4 artifacts from CSTS collections.

csts.ua.edu

Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, Graduate Research Assistant, CSTS.

#TobaccoHistory #AdvertisingHistory #PublicHealthHistory #Ephemera

Super Bowl XXII official game program cover shown next to the back cover featuring a Marlboro cigarette advertisement with a cowboy smoking and a Surgeon General’s warning label.

Super Bowl XXI official game program cover shown next to the back cover featuring a Marlboro cigarette advertisement with the slogan ‘Come to where the flavor is.

Super Bowl XXV official game program cover shown next to the back cover featuring a Marlboro Country cigarette advertisement with a cowboy on horseback and a Surgeon General’s warning label.

Super Bowl programs as advertising artifacts: CSTS examples showing tobacco marketing woven into game-day print culture. csts.ua.edu
Content prepared by Rebecca Whiting, Graduate Research Assistant, CSTS. #TobaccoAdvertising #SportsHistory #PublicHealthHistory #Archives #SuperBowlHistory #SuperBowl

Health and Segregation: Iberian Jewish Responses to the Crisis of the Late Fifteenth Century | Cromohs - Cyber Review of Modern Historiography

Latest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography: Caballero Navas & García Campos, "Health and Segregation: Iberian Jewish Responses to the Crisis of the Late Fifteenth Century," oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/cr.... Not specifically about plague, but important for #PublicHealthHistory.

Great Plague of Marseille: 1720 Outbreak and Aftermath Uncover how the Great Plague of Marseille reshaped public health, trade, and civic life in 18th-century France.

One ship.

One cover-up.

Over 100,000 dead.

The 1720 plague of Marseille is the public health horror story we were meant to remember.

#Brewminate #PublicHealthHistory #Plague #Marseille1720 #PandemicParallels

A Brief History of the Eugenics Movement in America

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#eugenics #autism #Bioethics
#HistoryOfScience
#MedicalEthics
#EugenicsMovement
#PublicHealthHistory
#EthicsInScience
#GeneticsAndSociety
#HistoryOfEugenics
#USHistory
#AcademicResearch
#HistoryOfBioethics
#Readex

6/9 The HIV/AIDS epidemic transformed American public health by showing how stigma accelerates disease spread and how community partnership, education, and protecting vulnerable populations are essential to stopping transmission.
#PublicHealthHistory #HealthEquity

Get conference ready for #OAH25! Visit our landing page to explore how economic, political, and social systems have evolved, shaped, and been shaped amid international forces. cup.columbia.edu/history/ #USHistory #TheMet #ErieCanalHistory #ErieCanal #MetMuseum #PublicHealthHistory #USHealthHistory

Meet Dr. Helen Rodríguez Trías, first Latina APHA president (1993), advocate for women’s and kids' health, and fighter for patients’ rights. Her legacy: Safer, fairer care. #PublicHealthPioneers #WomensHistory #PublicHealthHistory

#BlackHistory is #PublicHealthHistory. This #BlackHistoryMonth, we recognize the deep connections between Black history and public health.