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Genuine Dalmatian insect powder for the destruction of insects : quite harmless to animal life but effectually destroys every tribe of insect.

Your guide to protecting your pet against fleas and ticks : Frontline Spot On : protection you both can trust / Merial Animal Health Ltd.

Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.

Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.

Poultry mites : how to control them / [prepared by the Entomology Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service].

Fully furnished family house, fitted carpets, central heating, suit animal lover... / Bayer plc.

Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.

<p>The Globol insecticide was launched in Germany in 1928 and subsequently became a product of the Jeyes Group. It contained the organophosphate Dichlorvos (DDVP), which has been investigated in the USA and the UK for possible carcinogenic effects. This poster advertising Hexo Globol mentions its "long lasting effects through a modern combination of respiratory, digestive and contact poisons". The words Hexo Globol are in shocking pink on a black ground to represent its effect on insects</p>

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 29.6 x 84 cm

A spray can of Hexo Globol insecticide in use against pests. Colour lithograph, 1954.

Research in the development of cyanogas calcium cyanide.

Technical report series (World Health Organization)

Technical report series

Expert Committee on Insecticides : sixth report.

<p>Tin or bottle label printed in brown ink on white paper. Divided into 3 sections by triple line rules, surrounded by a double line border. The name of the product is in the upper section, with a floral device in every corner, the directions for use are in the middle section and the bottom section is blank - probably for a supplier / shop stamp.</p>

Veterinary medical ephemera. Veterinary drugs (general). Box 1

Fly and maggot oil : poison : a most effective preparation.

1 folded sheet (8 pages) : illustrations (color) ; 21 cm

What should you know about head lice? : there's a simple answer with Full Marks lotion / Consumer Products Division, Napp Laboratories Ltd.

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A spray can of Hexo Globol insecticide in use against pests. Colour lithograph, 1954.

Research in the development of cyanogas calcium cyanide.

Expert Committee on Insecticides : sixth report.

Fly and maggot oil : poison : a most effective preparation.

What should you know about head lice? : there's a simple answer with Full Marks lotion / Consumer Products Division, Napp Laboratories Ltd.

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Insecticides

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A spray can of Hexo Globol insecticide in use against pests. Colour lithograph, 1954.

Research in the development of cyanogas calcium cyanide.

Expert Committee on Insecticides : sixth report.

Fly and maggot oil : poison : a most effective preparation.

What should you know about head lice? : there's a simple answer with Full Marks lotion / Consumer Products Division, Napp Laboratories Ltd.

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