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  • Franco-Prussian War: in the siege of Paris. a surgeon of the Garde Nationale (formerly a professor at the Ecole de Médecine) meets an army surgeon, who is one of his former students. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.
  • The face of a young gay man with the words in French "Boys between them" and "desire, love and sexuality" representing an advertisment for the Association des Jeunes Contre le SIDA (A.J.C.S.) and S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay (Paris, France)]. Lithograph.
  • Osmanthus delavayi Franch. Oleaceae Evergreen shrub. Distribution: China. Osmanthus is derived from the Greek for 'fragrant flower', delavayi from its discoverer, the French Missionary with the Missions Étrangères, and plant collector, Pierre Delavay (1834-1895). He sent 200,000 herbarium specimens containing 4000 species including 1,500 new species to Franchet at the Museum of Natural History in Paris. He sent seed of O. delavayi to France (1886), but only one germinated, and all the plants in cultivation until it was recollected 40 years later, arose from this plant (Bretschneider, 1896). The flowers are used to make a tea in China, but the berries (drupes) are not regarded as edible. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ordre : tout dépositaire de troncs pour les secours aux blessés devra, dans le délai de 48 heures, en faire le dépôt à l'Administration du service médical, rue Dominique-Germain, 86, escalier D, 2e étage ... Paris, le 20 mai 1871 / Pour la Commission médicale, Fabre ; Pour la Commission de la Guerre, le membre de la Commune, H. Géresme.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Centre de Santé Médical & Dentaire au Maire Volta : Paris Santé / Centre Médical de la Ville de Paris, La Mairie du 3e, Département de Paris, ENIPSE, Équipe Nationale d'Intervention en Prévention et Santé pour les Entreprises.
  • Visitez la tanière des psys / PsyGay, Bears' Den, ENIPSE, Équipe nationale d'intervention en prévention et santé pour les entreprises.
  • Visitez la tanière des psys / PsyGay, Bears' Den, ENIPSE, Équipe nationale d'intervention en prévention et santé pour les entreprises.
  • Two hands on top of each other within a blue triangle with a letter, envelope and pen and details of AIDS information services for the deaf: Minitel Dialogue Paris and AIDES "Groupes Sourds"; advertisement by AIDES. Colour lithograph.
  • A doctor serving in the French Garde Nationale (reserves) feeling the pulse of a frail old man who is seated in an armchair wearing a saucepan on his head. Coloured lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard), 1865.
  • A man in striped shorts and a cap walks down some stairs with another man representing an advertisement for AIDS prevention by AJCS (Association des Jeunes contre le SIDA) and the S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay]. Lithograph.
  • Two men lie with their heads together lit from the right representing an advertisement for AIDS prevention by AJCS (Association des Jeunes contre le SIDA) and the S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay]. Lithograph.
  • Two men kissing with water running down their faces representing an advertisement for AIDS prevention by AJCS (Association des Jeunes contre le SIDA) and the S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay]. Lithograph.
  • A group of gay men and lesbians frolicking in water representing an advertisement for AIDS prevention by AJCS (Association des Jeunes contre le SIDA) and the S.N.E.G. [Syndicat National des Entreprise Gay]. Lithograph.
  • The assassination of the Deputy Jean-Bertrand Féraud in the National Convention, Paris, in 1795. Aquatint by J. Card.
  • A green neon-lit pharmacy shop sign on the corner of a street with a message in French: 'There are places for protection on every street corner'; with a sterile needle and a condom advertising pharmacies as the first port of call for protection against AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministére du Travail et des Affaires Sociales, L'Assurance Maladie Sécurité Sociale, Ordre National des Pharmacies and CFES. Colour lithograph.
  • Franco-Prussian War: foreign ambulance staff in the Siege of Paris. Coloured transfer lithograph by Draner (J. Renard), 1871.
  • Two devils in a laboratory produce statutes with the help of a genie; showing the repressive nature of the government of France under Louis-Philippe, especially concerning the freedom of the press. Lithograph by E. Le Poittevin, 1831.
  • Queen Marie Antoinette led to her execution on a horse-cart on the 16th of October 1793. Aquatint with engraving by C. Silanio after Aloisin, 1793.
  • The lungs and the heart. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1754.
  • The lungs and the heart. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1754.
  • Four Turkish men are reducing a man's dislocated shoulder. Painting, ca. 1900.
  • Two Turkish men are reducing a man's dislocated ankle. Painting, ca. 1900.
  • An emaciated old man is transformed by four beauticians. Coloured lithograph by Ch.-J. Fuhr after Ch. Bargue, 1852.
  • A French soldier boasts that he and six others have 'evacuated' 300 Mexicans from a square;a military surgeon, holding an enema, counters that he has 'evacuated' many more single-handed. Coloured lithograph by Draner (Jules Renard).
  • Wounded foreigners outside the city walls being picked up by French soldiers and taken to a guarded fortress. Coloured lithograph by G. Engelmann after H. Lecomte, 1820.
  • Saint Gaetano kneeling in front of an altar, looking up at the Virgin and Child seated on a cloud. Stipple by Augros after C.A. Chasselat, 1830.
  • Muscles of the head. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1748.