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  • Two gay men in an art gallery looking at a painting of a female nude. Colour process print after Caport, 195-.
  • Two gay men in an art gallery looking at a painting of a female nude. Colour process print after Caport, 195-.
  • A seated female nude figure and a male nude figure punting in a boat. Crayon manner print by J.B. Lucien, 1798, after P.T. Le Clerc.
  • A male nude model being drawn by the life class at the Royal Academy in London. Etching by C.W. Cope, 1865.
  • A male nude seated before a life class at the Royal Academy in London. Aquatint by J. Bluck after T. Rowlandson and A.C. Pugin, 1808.
  • Head and neck of an écorché figure, seen from behind, and small sketch of male nude in action. Red chalk and pencil drawing, by C. Landseer, 1815.
  • Legs of a nude male model; a standing man holding a palette and another seated drawing in a sketchbook; a fourth is seen from behind. Pencil drawing.
  • A line-drawn male nude figure with one arm leaning against a surface and his head turned representing an advertisement for two discussion groups organised by Kursiv on the occasion of the International AIDS conference in Berlin. Photocopy, ca. 1993.
  • Two male nudes in the same pose, with a raised right arm, seen from the front and the back. Engraving.
  • Human reproduction and gestation: foetuses and the male and female reproductive systems in cross-section, and three nudes. Photograph, 1920/1940, of eight framed bas-reliefs, 18--?.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system, with the arteries (?) indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Head, neck, shoulder and chest of a male écorché, with arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • Head, neck, shoulder and chest of a dissected male écorché, with arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • Dissection of the male genitalia, lower abdomen and thighs, with the arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • The circulatory system: four dissections of the male face, neck and skull, with arteries and blood vessels in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Dissections of the male genitalia and upper thighs: four figures, with the arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system, with the arteries and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Dissections of the male anus and urogenital system: two figures, with the arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system and anal area, with the arteries (?) indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Dissections of the male urogenital system and pelvic region: four figures, with the arteries and blood vessels indicated in red. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • The circulatory system: six dissections of the male face and neck, with arteries, blood vessels and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system and pelvic bone, with the arteries and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system and pelvic bone, with the arteries and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Dissections of the male genitals, upper thighs and pelvic region: two figures, with the arteries, blood vessels and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • Dissection of the male torso, showing the muscles, bones and lymph nodes, with the arteries, blood vessels and veins indicated in red and blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Roux, 1822.
  • The circulatory system: dissections of the male reproductive system and pelvic bone, with the arteries and veins indicated in red and blue. One dissection is shown resting on a book by C. Bell. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.
  • Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia.[he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’]. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia [he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and reverses the constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • "Specimen studies" from the photographic studio of James & Co., Liverpool. Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • "Specimen studies" from the photographic studio of James & Co., Liverpool. Photographic postcard, 19--.