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  • A naked man in the open with his head resting on his hand and his elbow on one bent knee with a series of questions regarding safer sex; an advertisement for the Prenzelberger AIDS Projekt. Colour lithograph by Michael Taubenheim and ComDesign Werbeagentur.
  • A naked woman sits on the ground, lowers herself onto her left side, head resting on her left hand. She raises herself from the hips, turns and rests on her right elbow before raising herself onto her knees, back still to the camera. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • In 1580, a Dutch dwarf exhibited himself in London : he was three feet high, had never a good foot, nor no knee at all, and yet could dance : he had no arm, but a stump to the elbow, or little more to the right side ... He was accompanied by a Dutch giant.
  • Turner's syndrome karyotype 45,XO. This female lacks the second X chromosome present in the normal karyotype. Symptoms include short stature, neck wbbing, elbow deformity, widely spaced nipples with shield chest, primary amenorrhea, sexual infantilism and sterility. The ovaries are reduced to fibrous streaks. Also known as XO syndrome or ovarian short-stature syndrome.
  • A woman sits sideways on a chair with one leg up and one elbow resting on the back of the chair with the words "If he doesn't have a condom, you just have to take a deep breath and tell him to go and get one"; a poster from from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A woman sits sideways on a chair with one leg up and one elbow resting on the back of the chair with the words "If he doesn't have a condom, you just have to take a deep breath and tell him to go and get one"; a poster from from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Black and white lithograph.
  • A naked woman is lying on the ground on her right side reading a pamphlet, supporting herself on her elbows. She pushes herself up towards a standing position, pamphlet in her right hand. Collotype after Eadweard Muybridge, 1887.
  • Moxibustion chart: the zhoujian points, ink drawing, Chinese
  • C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Zhoujian
  • C19 Chinese ink drawing: Location of various boils
  • Peter Love posing nude in drag.
  • Peter Love posing nude in drag.
  • A gay man applying lubricant to a condom with a tube of lubricant and jar of gel before him and a naked man lying on a bed beyond; advertisement for safe sex by the Agence Français de Lutte Contre le SIDA. Lithograph by Stéphanie Dupré.
  • Acupuncture chart, large intestine channel of hand yangming
  • Acupuncture chart, large intestine channel of hand yangming
  • Scabies porcina; from Delineations of Cutaneous... 1817
  • Anna Seward. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, 1823.
  • Multi-coloured condoms with the message in French: "Condom and gel: the inseparable couple ... pleasure without risk"; including a list of condom makes from Bartoline to Wet; an advertisement by the Agence française de lutte contre le SIDA and SPG, Santé et Plaisir Gai. Colour lithograph.
  • Nerve movement in forearm during wrist extension, ultrasound
  • The angel speaks to Joseph in a dream. Engraving by A.A. Morel after J.B. Wicar after A.R. Mengs.
  • Nerve movement in forearm during wrist extension, ultrasound
  • A Hindu ascetic or holy man: standing, wearing a saffron robe and with a metal rack (?) placed around his neck. Gouache painting.
  • Artificial left arm and hand
  • Artificial left arm and hand
  • Artificial left arm and hand
  • The birth of Christ; female angels swoon through the air; Joseph looks on. Aquatint by T. Piroli, 1796, after W. Y. Ottley.
  • Saint Francis of Assisi in ecstasy. Etching.
  • Just Christian von Loder. Engraving by J.G. Müller after F. Tischbein, 1801.
  • Vespasian, Emperor of Rome. Line engraving, 16--, after A. Sadeler after Titian.
  • A naked man in a sauna with a message promoting safe sex. Colour lithograph by Michael Bidner for the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V.