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  • A naked woman with her eyes shut and her arms crossed by her neck representing a woman in love; an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph for the Ministério da Saúde, Brazil, Programa Nacional de Controle das DST/AIDS, ca. 1995.
  • The greatest phenomenon of nature! : To be seen at 238, High Holborn, for a short time only, a child (born alive) with two faces, four eyes, two mouths, two noses, two ears and two chins ... with only one head and body.
  • The eyes of Torbjörn, an HIV positive man with the message about the difficulties of not being honest about being HIV; advertising an AIDS help-line run by the Foundation Noah's Ark and the Red Cross. Colour lithograph by Ted Bates, ca. 1995.
  • Two eyes above a woman and child and other illustrations of groups of black people interwoven with a red banner bearing words including 'give love' and 'compassion'; advertisement by the National Urban League, Inc. for those with or affected by AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Three figures: one without a brain and eyes, one removing an eyeball, and the third covering his face; representing turning a blind eye to AIDS; with an illustrated calendar of events to mark World AIDS Day 1996. Colour lithograph after Zaidi Bin Mohd Salleh and others for Action for AIDS Singapore, 1996.
  • Three figures: one without a brain and eyes, one removing an eyeball, and the third covering his face; representing turning a blind eye to AIDS; with an illustrated calendar of events to mark World AIDS Day 1996. Colour lithograph after Zaidi Bin Mohd Salleh and others for Action for AIDS Singapore, 1996.
  • Fowke & Aston's improved diuretic balls : for swelled legs, grease, cracked heels, gravel, and affections of the kidneys, for removing all obstructions in the urinary passages, and humours of the eyes, or any other part of the body ... / prepared only by Fowke & Aston.
  • A man injects drugs into his arm as he leans back with his eyes shut against a wall; a man sitting beside a grave clutching a photograph of a woman and child; a warning about the dangers of drug abuse and AIDS by Programa Compañeros. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A face made up of two coloured condoms as eyes, a syringe as a nose and the words in French: "1st December 1994 World AIDS Day" in the curved shape of a mouth; an advertisement by Stell and Ryck & Lola. Colour lithograph by S. Senta Loys.
  • A square with the message "Le SIDA ... a vue d'oeil on voit rien!" [AIDS ... has eyes - we see nothing!] in black marker pen on a squared background; one of a series of posters representing an advertisement for a competition for posters of images against AIDS organised by CRIPS. Lithograph by Noëlle Ciccodicola.
  • A photo of a boy wearing a v-necked jumper with one arm leaning on an orange and green-flowered table cloth; his eyes and mouth have been annotated with disfiguring pen marks that are scratched across the surface of the image within a dotted border; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by América Sanchez, ca. 1994.
  • In a world full of hate and homophobia I find solitude and love by being with my boyfriend : There is beauty in his finger tips, there is beauty in the lips I kiss. There is magic in his beautiful eyes, that justify the tears I cry / The Naz Project London ; photography by: Parminder Sekhon.
  • A two-tone green and blue face with yellow eyes and two red hands shaking and text on either cheek; an advertisement for solidarity in the face of AIDS for drug dependents by the Fundação Portuguesa para o Estudo with the help of the Comissão Nacional de Luta Contra a SIDA. Colour lithograph by Ardecore Design, ca. 1996.
  • Myrtus communis L. Myrtaceae Myrtle Distribution: Europe. Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) recommends the fruit for treating haemoptysis (‘spitting blood’) and cystitis, and, if boiled, he said it made a fine wine. In various forms it was used as a hair dye, for sore eyes, anal and uterine prolapse, dandruff and shingles, all sorts of inflammations, scorpion bites and even sweaty armpits. Our plant has white berries, but he regarded those with black berries (they become black later in the season) as being more effective. Lyte (1576) adds that the juice of the berries kept the hair black and stopped it falling out, and prevented intoxication. He notes that it only flowered in hot summers in England, but it is reliable in flower now, either due to global warming or selection of suitable clones. According to Lyte, it is named after Merlyne, a fair maiden of Athens in ancient Greece, who judged the athletic games. Slain by a disgruntled competitor, the goddess Minerva brought her back as the myrtle tree in perpetual memory. The myrtle tree is also an ancient Jewish symbol for peace and justice. Myrtle wine is still made in Tuscany and now even in China. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • A naked man leaning back on his arms with his eyes closed as another naked man leans into him while nestling his head in his neck; with the message in German: 'Protection from love. Let us give AIDS no chance'; an advertisement for safe sex by the Österreichische AIDS-Hilfe. Colour lithograph by Ogilvy & Mather Medical and Peter Baumann of Hollywood Ges. m.b.H.
  • Dopaminergic neurons in the zebrafish forebrain. Confocal micrograph of a 4 day old transgenic zebrafish embryo viewed from a lateral aspect. Neurons in the olfactory bulb, telencepahlon, ventral diencephalon, pretectum and hypothalamus are labelled in green. Axonal tracts are shown in cyan and neuropil in magenta. In order to show the anatomy of the brain better the skin and eyes of the embryo have been removed post-fixation.
  • A worthy treatise of the eyes; containing the knowledge and cure of one hundreth and thirtene diseases, incident unto them / first gathered & written in French ... and now translated into English, togeather with a profitable treatise of the scorbie [by J. Weyer]; & another of the cancer [by B. Textor] by A. H[unton]. Also ... a work touching the preservation of the sight, set forth by W. Bailey D. of Phisick.
  • A worthy treatise of the eyes; containing the knowledge and cure of one hundreth and thirtene diseases, incident unto them / first gathered & written in French ... and now translated into English, togeather with a profitable treatise of the scorbie [by J. Weyer]; & another of the cancer [by B. Textor] by A. H[unton]. Also ... a work touching the preservation of the sight, set forth by W. Bailey D. of Phisick.
  • A worthy treatise of the eyes; containing the knowledge and cure of one hundreth and thirtene diseases, incident unto them / first gathered & written in French ... and now translated into English, togeather with a profitable treatise of the scorbie [by J. Weyer]; & another of the cancer [by B. Textor] by A. H[unton]. Also ... a work touching the preservation of the sight, set forth by W. Bailey D. of Phisick.
  • A worthy treatise of the eyes; containing the knowledge and cure of one hundreth and thirtene diseases, incident unto them / first gathered & written in French ... and now translated into English, togeather with a profitable treatise of the scorbie [by J. Weyer]; & another of the cancer [by B. Textor] by A. H[unton]. Also ... a work touching the preservation of the sight, set forth by W. Bailey D. of Phisick.
  • The face of a woman in speckled black ink with her eyes scratched in green representing an advertisement for an international exhibition of AIDS posters entitled 'Visual AIDS' from 6 to 19 November 1989 by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe e.V and Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V; a project of the seminar "AIDS and the Arts" of the University of Western Ontario in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe London and Canada. Colour lithograph by Detlev Pusch.
  • Three seated monkeys: one hiding his eyes, one with his hands over his mouth, and the other hiding his genitals with another monkey scratching his head in bemusement below; with the message in French: 'We die. What do you do?'; an advertisement for an event on Saturday 27 November [in Geneva] to commemorate World AIDS Day featuring a rock concert entitled 'Rock against AIDS'; sponsored by Dialogan, Groupe SIDA Géneve, PVA Géneve and the AIDS Ministry. Colour lithograph.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in German: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in French: 'AIDS is not dying once; we die of indifference every day'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.
  • Salvia coahuilensis Fernald Lamiaceae Coahuila Sage. Perennial shrub. Distribution: Mexico. Most of the historical medicinal literature is on common sage, Salvia officinalis. The name Salvia meaning 'healthy'. Elizabeth Blackwell (1737) wrote that it had "... all the noble Properties of the other hot Plants more especially for the Head, Memory, Eyes, and all Paralytical Affections. In short, 'tis a Plant endu'd with so many and wonderful Properties, as that the assiduous use of it is said to render Men Immortal" with which Hans Sloane agreed. Its health giving properties were recorded in the aphorisms of the School of Salerno (fl 9-13th century) - quoted in the Decameron [c.1350, translated: Why should man die when Salvia grows in the Garden']. Some salvias, such as Salvia divinorum contain hallucinogenic compounds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Salvia nemorosa L. Lamiaceae Woodland sage. Balkan clary Distribution: Central Europe, Western Asia. Most of the historical medicinal literature is on common sage, Salvia officinalis. The name Salvia meaning 'healthy'. Elizabeth Blackwell (1737) wrote that it had "... all the noble Properties of the other hot Plants more especially for the Head, Memory, Eyes, and all Paralytical Affections. In short, 'tis a Plant endu'd with so many and wonderful Properties, as that the assiduous use of it is said to render Men Immortal" with which Hans Sloane agreed. Linnaeus (1782) also: 'Timor, Languor, Leucorrhoea, Senectus [fear, tiredness, white vaginal discharge, old age]'. Its health giving and immortality conferring properties were recorded in the aphorisms of the School of Salerno (fl 9-13th century) - quoted in the Decameron [c.1350, translated: Why should man die when Salvia grows in the Garden']. Some salvias, such as Salvia divinorum contain hallucinogenic compounds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Canine eye: a china eye.