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Dr. Seuss On Malaria: ‘This Is Ann … She Drinks Blood’ Before he cooked up green eggs or taught us to count colorful fish, Dr. Seuss was a captain in the U.S. Army. And during World War II, the author and illustrator, whose given name was Theodor Geisel, spent a few years creating training films and pamphlets for the troops. One of Geisel’s Army cartoons was a booklet aimed at preventing malaria outbreaks among GIs by urging them to use nets and keep covered up. In 1943, Germany blocked the Allies’ supply of the anti-malaria drug quinine. So Geisel created a booklet explaining to the troops how to avoid harmful encounters with “blood-thirsty Ann,” the character he created to represent Anopheles, the genus of the mosquitoes that transmit the disease: “This is Ann … she drinks blood! Her full name is Anopheles Mosquito and she’s dying to meet you! “Ann moves around at night (a real party gal) and she’s got a thirst. No whiskey, gin, beer or rum coke for Ann … she drinks G.I. blood. She jabs that beak of hers in like a drill and sucks up the juice … then the poor G.I. is going to feel awful in about eight or fourteen days … because he is going to have malaria!” Geisel also drew a map of the malaria epidemic around the world, which was printed on the back of a poster distributed by the U.S. War Department to disseminate news to troops. These gems from Geisel’s archive bubbled up on the Contagions blog today to mark the anniversary of Ronald Ross’s discovery of the malarial parasite.

Dr. Seuss On Malaria: ‘This Is Ann … She Drinks Blood’

Before he cooked up green eggs or taught us to count colorful fish, Dr. Seuss was a captain in the U.S. Army. And during World War II, the author and illustrator, whose given name was Theodor Geisel, spent a few years creating training films and pamphlets for the troops.

One of Geisel’s Army cartoons was a booklet aimed at preventing malaria outbreaks among GIs by urging them to use nets and keep covered up.

In 1943, Germany blocked the Allies’ supply of the anti-malaria drug quinine. So Geisel created a booklet explaining to the troops how to avoid harmful encounters with “blood-thirsty Ann,” the character he created to represent Anopheles, the genus of the mosquitoes that transmit the disease:

“This is Ann … she drinks blood! Her full name is Anopheles Mosquito and she’s dying to meet you!

“Ann moves around at night (a real party gal) and she’s got a thirst. No whiskey, gin, beer or rum coke for Ann … she drinks G.I. blood. She jabs that beak of hers in like a drill and sucks up the juice … then the poor G.I. is going to feel awful in about eight or fourteen days … because he is going to have malaria!”

Geisel also drew a map of the malaria epidemic around the world, which was printed on the back of a poster distributed by the U.S. War Department to disseminate news to troops.

These gems from Geisel’s archive bubbled up on the Contagions blog today to mark the anniversary of Ronald Ross’s discovery of the malarial parasite.

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starxapple: Raising Money for the ArtsIn 1963, Ted Geisel donated a recent (circa 1962) painting from his La Jolla Birdwoman series to a charity auction benefiting the La Jolla Art Center. This prized artwork titled Raising Money for the Arts in La Jolla, won the top auction bid of the night, more than what was paid for a Cézanne drawing. It was the one and only time Ted offered one of his paintings for “sale.”

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Raising Money for the Arts

In 1963, Ted Geisel donated a recent (circa 1962) painting from his La Jolla Birdwoman series to a charity auction benefiting the La Jolla Art Center. This prized artwork titled Raising Money for the Arts in La Jolla, won the top auction bid of the night, more than what was paid for a Cézanne drawing. It was the one and only time Ted offered one of his paintings for “sale.”

thecameraneverblinks: Writer Theodor Geisel (also known as Dr. Seuss) (left) is being shown the storyboards for his only live-action film The 5,000 Fingers of Doctor T. (Roy Rowland; Columbia Pictures, 1953)

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Writer Theodor Geisel (also known as Dr. Seuss) (left) is being shown the storyboards for his only live-action film The 5,000 Fingers of Doctor T. (Roy Rowland; Columbia Pictures, 1953)

Seuss Fact #5

In the early 1930s, Dr. Seuss embarked on an ingenious project when he transitioned for a period into creating three-dimensional sculptures. These mixed-media sculptures involved the use of real animal parts including beaks, antlers, and horns from deceased animals at the Forest Park Zoo where Seuss’s father worked. Originals outside of the Geisel family’s private collection are extremely rare and highly valuable. When one showed up at the Antiques Roadshow in 2001, it was appraised at a minimum $25,000.00.

Helen Palmer Geisel and Ted Geisel 1961 Helen Palmer was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1899. She met her future husband at Oxford University. She had a profound influence on his life, including suggesting that he should be an artist rather than a professor. They married in 1927 and had no children together. Source.

Helen Palmer Geisel and Ted Geisel

1961

Helen Palmer was born in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1899. She met her future husband at Oxford University. She had a profound influence on his life, including suggesting that he should be an artist rather than a professor. They married in 1927 and had no children together.

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