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A message in German that drug problems concern everyone; one of a series of posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz in collaboration with the Office of Federal Health. Colour lithograph.

Poppy seed (Papaver somniferum)

A syringe forming the 'i' of AIDS with the message: "AIDS. Don't trust other people's fixes" representing an advertisement by the AIDS-Koordination NRW. Colour lithograph by Papen, Hansen.

A country pedlar selling medicines from a basket. Etching by T. Kitchin after D. Teniers the younger.

A market selling drugs and materia medica. Etching by J. Phillips, 18--.

Baldwin's Bilious and Liver Pills : cures sickness, dizziness, shoulder pains, yellowness of the eyes, skin, brown or yellow coated tongue, bile, jaundice, constipation, piles, all liver troubles.

Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)

A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.

Three Turkish soldiers gathered round a fire in the dark, smoking pipes. Lithograph by T. Allom, ca. 1839.

A man holding a hypodermic syringe over a tub of diluted bleach; diagrams showing the use of bleach to clean hypodermic needles, with telephone details; advertising hygienic practices when using syringes. by , a support group for those with AIDS. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Hughes and Big-Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.

A shelf of bottles containing medicinal chemicals, with dried herbs suspended from a hook. Watercolour by Lucy Pierce.

A busy balling room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.

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