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  • Two children making a sandcastle by the sea out of which looms a sinister looking man with a camera around his neck, a yellow hat who brandishes green dollar notes; a yellow-eyed hairy beast lurks behind him; with Sinhalese lettering; a warning about child sex tourism and AIDS prevention issued by Peace (Protecting Environment and children Everywhere). Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman wearing a t-shirt with the peace logo walking beside a man in a check shirt holding a pack of Salam condoms; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Kuleana Centre for Sexual Health in Tanzania. Colour lithograph by Marco Tibasima, ca. 1997.
  • A triumphal arch decorated with Papal, Christian, Imperial and Habsburgian emblems: in the centre Philip II of Spain, surrounded by emblems of peace, justice and plenty, receives the crown from his father, Charles V; representing the good and Christian reign of Philip II. Engraving by N. Nelli.
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Vade mecum: or, a companion for a chyrurgion: fitted for times of peace or war. Compendiously shewing ... the use of every severall instrument ... and the vertues and qualities of such medicines as are needfull ... with the maner [sic] of compounding them ... As also the perfect cure of green wounds, either incised or contused, ulcers, fistulaes, fractures, and dislocations. To which is added the maner [sic] of making reports before a Judge of Assize, of any one that hath come to an untimely end / [Thomas Brugis].
  • Three faces: expressing desire (top) and peaceful joy (bottom left), and laughing (bottom right). Engravings after C. Le Brun.
  • A big red ribbon against peaceful sunset-lit clouds; representing solidarity in Poland with HIV positive people. Colour lithograph, 200- (?).
  • A stork impales a frog in a peaceful scene by a river; allegory of freedom. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • A family (two adults and two children) lying dead in a room in their house as a result of poison gas emitted from an aeroplane flying overhead. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A family (two adults and two children) lying dead in a room in their house as a result of poison gas emitted from an aeroplane flying overhead. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • A gigantic human skull, representing death, spewing out poison in the form of warships armed with poison gas. Colour lithograph, 192-.
  • 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.
  • A dove has made its nest in the barrel of a disused gun on the Kiel Canal, while German sailors guarding the canal neglect their duties. Drawing by A.G. Racey, 191-.
  • A jack-boot stands on top of a truncated obelisk enclosed within a triangular gibbet from which hang a fox and a goose from garlands; representing the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching, 1763.
  • A man smiling with his legs crossed being hugged by his gay partner as they sit on a round stone; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement for the AIDS-Tukikeskus, the AIDS support centre by the Finnish AIDS Council. Colour lithograph by Erkki Lietzén and Mika Lahti, 1991.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.
  • Balance of inflammation in blood vessels, illustration
  • A Chinese man with bound hands, surrounded by a guard holding a chain and a guard holding a stick, is kneeling before a magistrate seated at his desk and his two assistants. Coloured stipple print by J. Dadley, 1801.
  • A fight between two men is interrupted by a woman representing mercy, pleading on behalf of the losing party. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1848, after W. Etty.
  • Fac-similé du diplome, remis dès avril 1905, aux adhérents de l'Association Médicale Internationale pour aider à la suppression de la guerre : [version 1]
  • Fac-similé du diplome, remis dès avril 1905, aux adhérents de l'Association Médicale Internationale pour aider à la suppression de la guerre : [version 3]
  • Fac-similé du diplome, remis dès avril 1905, aux adhérents de l'Association Médicale Internationale pour aider à la suppression de la guerre : [version 1]