Samuel Jay Crumbine (1862 - July 13, 1954) was a pioneer in public health who campaigned against the common drinking cup, the common towel, and spitting in public in order to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.[1]
 Brick - "Don't Spit on the Sidewalk" in the collection of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP in Washington, DC |
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He is the inventor of the flyswatter. His invention, most likely from 1905, was an improvement on the earlier "flybat", first produced by Frank H. Rose. He died in New York City in 1954.[2]
  | Article about Crumbine and a photograph of brick with the slogan "Don't spit on sidewalk." - Cool Things, Don't Spit on Sidewalk Brick, Kansas Historical Society |
| | Crumbine Award - AFDO | Association of Food & Drug Officials |
| | S.J. Crumbine Dies.Physician Who Urged End to Public Drinking Cup. - S.J. CRIJMBINEDIES:I 'FRONTIDOCTOR:; Physician Who Urged End to Public... - Free Preview - The New York Times |
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