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title: Se Puede Curar de Paludismo y Proteger a su Familia [Malaria Can Be Cured and Your Family Protected]
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-health-se-puede-curar-paludismo-nicaragua-1943/
description: A health poster in heavy Art Deco lettering tells readers that malaria can be cured with appropriate medical care, showing a row of ampoules.
section: Collection
---

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[![Se Puede Curar de Paludismo y Proteger a su Familia \[Malaria Can Be Cured and Your Family Protected\], 1943 US poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-health-se-puede-curar-paludismo-nicaragua-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/us-health-se-puede-curar-paludismo-nicaragua-1943.jpg)

# Se Puede Curar de Paludismo y Proteger a su Familia [Malaria Can Be Cured and Your Family Protected]

A health poster in heavy Art Deco lettering tells readers that malaria can be cured with appropriate medical care, showing a row of ampoules, a syringe and a box of tablets spilling out in a heap. The named public-health service and the repeated instruction to consult a doctor or the health directorate borrow institutional medical authority for the message (transfer).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
SE PUEDE CURAR
DE PALUDISMO Y PROTE-
GER A SU FAMILIA CON

SERVICIO COOPERATIVO INTER-
AMERICANO DE SALUD PÚBLICA.
DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE SANIDAD.
NICARAGUA. A.C.

CUIDADOS
MÉDICOS
APROPIADOS

TABLETAS DE
ATEBRINA
QUININA O
PLASMOQUINA

ampollas de
atebrina o quinina

NO USE USTED NINGUN TRATA-
MIENTO SIN CONSULTAR A SU
MEDICO O A LA DIRECCION
GENERAL DE SANIDAD

[signature:] A[illegible]TO 1943
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—538317
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
MALARIA CAN BE CURED AND YOUR FAMILY PROTECTED WITH

INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH. NICARAGUA. A.C.

APPROPRIATE MEDICAL CARE

TABLETS OF ATEBRIN, QUININE OR PLASMOQUINE

ampoules of atebrin or quinine

DO NOT USE ANY TREATMENT WITHOUT CONSULTING YOUR DOCTOR OR THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF HEALTH

[signature:] A[illegible]TO 1943
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943—O—538317
```

[← 'El Paludismo es Transmitido por Zancudos' \[Malaria Is Transmitted by Mosquitoes\] (El Paludismo Transmitido Zancudos)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-health-paludismo-transmitido-zancudos-nicaragua-1943/) [Síntomas del Paludismo \[Symptoms of Malaria\] →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/us-health-sintomas-del-paludismo-nicaragua-1943/)

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