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  • A doctor inserting a needle into a patient's arm with a warning about the importance of using sterilized needles; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A man puts his arm around his colleague representing a couple affected by AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A woman carrying her HIV positive child on her back within her elaborate sari wrap; with an AIDS prevention message about caring for those who need you by SASO, Lifeline, Lighthouse, Kripa and VHAM. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • A dying unscrupulous medical practitioner confesses the errors of his ways to a nurse. Coloured etching by W. Heath.
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Final-month month snow water
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.
  • Theory of diseases treated with Minor Bupleurum decoction
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Bezoars, etc.