See your doctor for proper treatment for malaria
Public health poster: a worried man spoons out a bottle labelled 'Chill tonic' while a cartoon mosquito above laughs, 'Ha! Ha! He's wasting his money on chill tonics!' The mosquito mocks the patient to steer viewers to a doctor; the fear-appeal here is of ineffective self-treatment rather than of the disease itself.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service (artist signed Mango)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Health, Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1326E (NAID 514973).
Text on the object
HA! HA! HE'S WASTING HIS MONEY ON CHILL TONICS! CHILL TONIC SEE YOUR DOCTOR FOR PROPER TREATMENT FOR MALARIA [signature: Mango] [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943-O-516139] For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Federal Security Agency U. S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MC 6
