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  • Female catkins on a willow tree, representing an archaic Chinese nickname for sexually transmitted diseases, with the message that AIDS is worse. Colour lithograph by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong, ca. 1997.
  • Guidelines for a joint labour-management workplace policy on AIDS with logo illustrations by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A telephone representing an advertisement for the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • The numbers of the AIDS Hotline in Hong Kong '2780 2211' arranged in squares in a semi-circle with the silhouette of a hand pointing to the digits of a telephone below; advertisement by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Crabs representing a nickname for pubic lice or 'VD' with chinese lettering; a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • World War One: a Royal Naval hospital, Hong Kong: a ward interior with empty beds. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • A row of men and women along the bottom with the message that the best way to protect against AIDS is to talk about it; an advertisement issued by the Central Health Education Unit, Department of Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • People completing a jigsaw representing aid to AIDS victims in Hong Kong; an advertisement for the AIDS Hotline by the Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A woman's lips pierced together with a large safety pin, representing the pain of not talking about AIDS-related problems; advertising the AIDS Concern Hotline, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A gun with the 'safe' catch highlighted within a red circle representing a safe-sex advertisement by AIDS Concern, Hong Kong. Colour lithograph by John Clang Photography, ca. 1997.
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Works

  • view A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
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    A large syringe about to inject into a row of arms with a personification of the HIV virus bearing a red bandana and the pronged fork of the devil lurks nearby; a warning about the dangers of sharing needles by the AIDS Unit Department of Health, Government of Hong Kong. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.

    | Date: [1995?] | Reference: 678381i
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    An enumeration of Chinese materia medica / Shiu-ying Hu ; with editorial assistance from Y.C. Kong and Paul P.H. But.

    Hu, Shiu-ying | Date: 1999
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    Inauguration of the Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation, 3rd March, 1963 : commemorative volume.

    | Date: [1963]
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    L'hôpital de Cery : 1873-1973 / Claude Secrétan.

    Secrétan, Claude | Date: 1973
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    Exercises illustrated : ancient way to keep fit / compiled by Zong Wu, Li Mao ; translated by Song Luzeng, Liu Beijian, Liu Zhenkai.

    Wu, Zong | Date: 1990
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