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Contributor(s): Levy-Dhurmer, Lucien The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection Publication: Journee Nationale des Tuberculeux, [ca. 1919] Language(s): French Format: Still image Subject(s): Tuberculosis Public Health Genre(s): Archival Materials Posters Slides (photographs) Abstract: In this poster by the celebrated French symbolist painter Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, a retired soldier under a blossoming tree supports himself with a walking stick. An impressionistic sea separates the soldier from the city in the background. Contrasting the soldier's feelings of isolation and despair with the beauty of the landscape, the painting is designed to provoke an empathic response from the viewer. Copyright: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information) Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584655X6 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: VCBBBJ Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X6 Archival Collection: Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)