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Zurich (Switzerland)

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  • A man holding a bunch of condoms as balloons as another man with a heart above his head does a double take at a glamorous woman passing by above; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].
  • A horizontal condom decorated with coloured shapes including red hearts to symbolise love; with the message "without [condoms] the desire goes away". Colour lithograph after Niki de Saint Phalle.
  • A man crawls on all fours towards a gambling dice bearing hearts as a glamorous woman holding a bag looks on; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • A naked figure standing pleased with himself as he wears a condom on his erect penis with the words 'in: with a condom'; below, the same naked figure stands red with embarrassment holding his head and genitals without a condom with the words 'out: without a condom' in German; an advertisement for safe sex by the AHS [AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz], ASS [AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA] and AAS [Aiuto AIDS Svizzero]. Colour lithograph.
  • A man sits on a stone looking miserable as he looks up at a broken heart above his head; another man sings with a microphone as a woman holding a handbag looks back; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted; an advertisement for safe sex by the Office of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].
  • Zürich by night with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by the Federal Office of Public Health.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
  • Two pronged plugs with pink condoms coming out of opposite holes and the message in German: 'Safer Sex rule no. 1: always use condoms and kiss to your heart's content'; an advertisement for safe sex by the AHS [AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz], ASS [AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA] and AAS [Aiuto AIDS Svizzero]. Colour lithograph.
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    Vom Knebeltourniquet zum Kautschukschlauch : die Sammlung des Medizinhistorischen Museums der Universität Zürich zur prophylaktischen Blutstillung / Alfred Schett.

    Schett, Alfred. | Date: 1999
  • view De typho abdominali epidemico qui Turici et in agro circumiacente grassatus est anno MDCCCXXXV et VI : dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in alma Universitate Litteraria Turicensi ut summi in medicina et chirurgia honores rite sibi concedantur die XVI Iulii ann. MDCCCXXXVI / publice defensurus est auctor Eduardus Adolphus de Welz.
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    De typho abdominali epidemico qui Turici et in agro circumiacente grassatus est anno MDCCCXXXV et VI : dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in alma Universitate Litteraria Turicensi ut summi in medicina et chirurgia honores rite sibi concedantur die XVI Iulii ann. MDCCCXXXVI / publice defensurus est auctor Eduardus Adolphus de Welz.

    Welz, Eduard Adolph de. | Date: 1836
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    Arbeiter und Medizin : die Einstellung des Zürcher Industriearbeiters zur wissenschaftlichen und volkstümlichen Heilkunde / Margarete Möckli-von Seggern.

    Möckli-von Seggern, Margarete. | Date: 1965
  • view Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
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    Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

    | Date: 1930 | Reference: 579437i
  • view Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.
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    Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

    | Date: 1930 | Reference: 579439i
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