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  • The influence of tropical climates, more especially the climate of India on European constitutions; the principal effects and diseases thereby induced, their prevention or removal, and the means of preserving health in hot climates, rendered obvious to Europeans of every capacity : an essay / by James Johnson.
  • A doctor in the form of a shield with a smiling face holds hands with a mother and child; representing the protection conferred by the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Cure Law (Revised) in China in 2004. Colour lithograph, 2004.
  • A dissertation on artificial teeth : evincing the advantages of teeth made of mineral paste, over every denomination of animal substance To which is added, advice to mothers and nurses on the prevention and cure of those diseases which attend the first dentition / By N. Dubois de Chémant.
  • Medicina gerocomica: or, the Galenic art of preserving old men's healths. Explained in twenty chapters. To which is added an appendix, concerning the use of oyls and unction, in the prevention and cure of some diseases. As also a method ... of curing convulsions and epilepsies, by external operation / By Sir John Floyer.
  • The seed heads of flowers flying like arrows towards the inner stamen of a yellow flower representing 'Love Question No 324', a warning that no pill in the world protects against unwanted sexually transmitted diseases; one of a series of safe sex AIDS prevention advertisements by Folkhälsoinstitutet, RFSU and RFSL. Colour lithograph by Garbergs, ca. 1995.
  • Domestic medicine; or, the family physician; being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases. Chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines / [William Buchan].
  • Domestic medicine; or, the family physician; being an attempt to render the medical art more generally useful, by shewing people what is in their own power both with respect to the prevention and cure of diseases. Chiefly calculated to recommend a proper attention to regimen and simple medicines / [William Buchan].
  • The new domestic medicine. Or, a treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, by regimen and simple medicines : With an appendix containing a dispensatory for the use of private practitioners / by William Buchan ... ; To which is now first added, memoirs of the life of Dr. Buchan: and important extracts from other works, praticularly his 'Advice to mothers' ... by William Nisbet. Including also new treatises on sea-bathing, etc.
  • The use of handkerchiefs to prevent flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).
  • The range of condoms available from Durex to prevent sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • The use of handkerchiefs to prevent against flu and other diseases. Colour lithograph, ca. 1950 (?).
  • Five images of a penis putting on a condom; recommending condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Five images of a penis putting on a condom; recommending condoms to prevent AIDS and other diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • Illustrated guide to segregating waste to prevent transmission of disease in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health and JSI, ca. 2000.
  • Bhandardara, India: a cart bearing the belongings of the deceased victim of an infectious disease, placed in a remote spot: a custom aimed at preventing a disease epidemic. Photograph by J.B. Greaves, 1936.
  • Curd ball preventative : a safe and effectual preventative of wool or curd ball in sheep and lambs and hair balls in calves : it instantly arrests inflammatory diseases of the stomach and intestines : general directions...
  • A naked couple embrace with the male and female symbols; advertisement for the use of condoms to prevent venereal diseases like AIDS. Lithograph.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • Children going to a clinic for a health check to prevent the advance of disease. Colour lithograph by Alice Dick Dumas, ca. 1917.
  • A man sneezing in a cinema, showing the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after H.M. Bateman, ca. 1951.
  • A naked couple embrace with the male and female symbols; advertisement for the use of condoms to prevent venereal diseases like AIDS. Black and white lithograph.
  • A man sneezing in a canteen while queuing for food, urging the use of handkerchiefs to prevent infectious diseases. Colour lithograph after R. Mount ca. 1950.
  • Two syringes with a public warning about the importance of needle sterilization to prevent the spread of diseases like AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Fiji and World Health Organization.
  • The words 'Aids is a white man's disease' in white on black; advertisement for information on how to prevent Aids by People of Colour Against Aids. Colour lithograph.
  • Two syringes with a public warning about the importance of needle sterilization to prevent the spread of diseases like AIDS; an advertisement by the Ministry of Health, Fiji and World Health Organization. Colour lithograph.
  • A cream condom with a gradually fading list of sexually transmitted diseases crossed out representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A cream condom with a gradually fading list of sexually transmitted diseases crossed out representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A cream condom with a gradually fading list of sexually transmitted diseases crossed out representing an advertisement for safe sex to prevent AIDS by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Queen Victoria at the opening of Parliament, 1866. The Lord Chancellor reading the Royal Speech in the House of Lords. The Queen makes reference to the cattle plague and the orders which have been made to prevent the spread of the disease.
  • Queen Victoria at the opening of Parliament, 1866. The Lord Chancellor reading the Royal Speech in the House of Lords. The Queen makes reference to the cattle plague and the orders which have been made to prevent the spread of the disease.