Photo, Print, Drawing A Health Team during an Anti-Typhus Campaign, Poland.
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Title
- A Health Team during an Anti-Typhus Campaign, Poland.
Summary
- During World War I and in the wars and upheavals that followed, the destruction of homes and public bathing facilities in Poland and the displacement of large populations led to widespread epidemics of typhus and other diseases. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), a humanitarian organization created to aid Jews affected by the war and its aftermath, supported medical and sanitary work by existing regional organizations. In April 1920 the JDC sent American Doctor Harry Plotz, the discoverer of a typhus vaccine, to investigate the crisis conditions in Poland (including in regions currently part of Ukraine) and to develop a more comprehensive, systematic approach to preventing the spread of disease. Plotz brought a team of doctors, nurses and health inspectors and a mobile delousing machine, which heated clothing and blankets to very high temperatures. This photograph shows a team of medical professionals involved in the anti-typhus campaign. The photograph is from the archives of the JDC, which contain documents, photographs, film, video, oral histories, and artifacts recording the work of the organization from World War I to the present.
Names
- Joint Distribution Committee of the American Funds for Jewish War Sufferers Associated Name.
Created / Published
- [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1921 to 1922]
Headings
- - Ukraine
- - 1921 to 1922
- - American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- - Communicable diseases
- - Diseases
- - Faith-based human services
- - Group portraits
- - Humanitarian assistance
- - Nurses
- - Physicians
- - Plotz, Harry, 1890-1947
- - Portrait photographs
- - Public health
- - Scientists
- - Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- - Typhus fever
- - War relief
- - World War, 1914-1918
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photograph : black and white ; 3 x 4 inches.
- - Original resource at: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- World War I
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021670927
Online Format
- compressed data
- image
LCCN Permalink
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Format
Contributor
Dates
Location
Language
Subject
- 1921 to 1922
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- Communicable Diseases
- Diseases
- Faith-Based Human Services
- Group Portraits
- History
- Humanitarian Assistance
- Nurses
- Physicians
- Plotz, Harry
- Portrait Photographs
- Public Health
- Revolution
- Scientists
- Soviet Union
- Typhus Fever
- Ukraine
- War Relief
- World War