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  • A man in a suit smiling with one finger raised, advocating use of condoms for gay men; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A woman holds a syringe as if smoking a cigarette watched by a black man in a green tracksuit and another in a grey dinner suit; warning about drugs, needle-sharing and safe sex practices to prevent AIDS by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for AIDS Education. Colour lithograph.
  • A nurse with one finger raised and the message: 'Wer's im Urlaub ohne treibt, ist im Kopf nicht ganz gescheit' [Whoever goes on holiday unprepared is not clever in the head]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • A man with a moustache points his finger with the message: 'Ohne gummi auf den Strich, so was tut Mann lieber nicht! [Without rubber/condoms on the streets, so what do men prefer no to!]; an advertisement for safe sex by the Authority of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Hamburg and the Office of Public Health - Health Promotion / AIDS. Colour lithograph by Transglobe Black Box and DMB&B.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Caution against sexually transmitted disease. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • Junior cat care manual / Cats Protection League.
  • Some good reasons for using Sunlight Soap / [Lever Brothers Ltd.].
  • Some good reasons for using Sunlight Soap / [Lever Brothers Ltd.].
  • Some good reasons for using Sunlight Soap / [Lever Brothers Ltd.].
  • Some good reasons for using Sunlight Soap / [Lever Brothers Ltd.].
  • A map of Kuwait in the national colours of red, black, green and white with silhouette black figures of men, women and children within a circle bordered at the top by Arabic script: the logo for Kuwait National AIDS Committee; within a backdrop of a cityscape of Kuwait City representing an advertisement for the Kuwait Third International Conference on AIDS at the Kuwait Sheraton on 12 to 14th February 1990. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Four male couples wearing t-shirts bearing the slogans 'testing', ' treatment', 'trials' and 'triumphs'; advertisement for early advocacy and care for HIV by the Department of Public Health of San Francisco. Colour lithograph by John Tomlinson and Ira Nowinski.
  • Freedoms : pick one up / Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme.
  • Freedoms : pick one up / Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme.
  • The white silhouettes of 3 men, a child and 3 women behind an orange building within an arrowed circle bearing the words in Arabic and English 'Sharing the challenge'; an advertisement for World AIDS Day 1st December 1991 by Kuwait National AIDS Committee. Colour lithograph, 1991.
  • A gloved hand holding up a bird cage inscribed 'Blood bank' containing the HIV virus cell with the warning 'No escape for AIDS'; an advertisement issued by Ortho Diagnostic Systems, a division of Johnson & Johnson Limited. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • Menstruation, artwork
  • Vaccination against polio. Colour lithograph, ca. 1960.
  • Sexual-related words from 'Lust' to 'Analverkehr' (anal traffic) against a black background with a series of statements in pink about how you can and can't get AIDS; with a list of AIDS advice centres available in Kiel; an advertisement for World AIDS Day on 1 December by Landeshauptstadt Kiel. Colour lithograph.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.
  • A verger's dream: Saints Cosmas and Damian performing a miraculous cure by transplantation of a leg. Oil painting attributed to the Master of Los Balbases, ca. 1495.