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  • A gouty man surrounded by his collection of artefacts, telling his doctor how they keep turning blue; suggesting the man's melancholic loneliness. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • A wealthy and well-dressed doctor; suggesting he has a large number of patients. Wood engraving by J. Orrin Smith after J.K. Meadows, 1840.
  • A syringe with a hooked needle suggesting drugs get you hooked; organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health Consumption in Spain. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Dr. Flannel suggests to a fashionable lady that she wear a flannel petticoat to keep her legs warm. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A country woman suggesting to a lady of means that she encourage the local doctor even though all his previous patients have died. Wood engraving by A.S. Boyd, 1896.
  • An army of demons armed with clysters, one of which is a huge cannon, attack a man tied to a tree; suggesting the awful experience of having an enema. Pen drawing.
  • Two unidentified actors as a pair of lovers in a pose suggesting an erotic encounter; a panoramic view of Fuji from Mukōjima Akiba in the background. Colour woodcut by Kunisada, 1860.
  • A man surrounded by a feast while professing to have no appetite, his doctor observing how yellow he and his surroundings appear; suggesting the man's jaundiced view of life. Coloured lithograph, 1835.
  • A doctor suggests to an exhausted patient that he commit theft and spend some time locked in a police cell in order to regain his health. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1878.
  • A puzzled physician taking the pulse of a young female patient, a boy in the backgroung is pointing to arrows, suggesting that the malady is lovesickness. Engraving by S. Freeman after J. Opie.
  • A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Mezzotint by J. Simon, 17--, after Etienne Jeaurat.
  • A husband and wife ask a quack doctor for advice about health: he suggests substituting himself for the husband in the wife's affections, and she agrees. Engraving by J.J. Balechou, 1743, after E. Jeaurat.
  • Seven clergymen watch as a physician bathes the feet of a sick, aristocratic lady; suggesting the uncertainty of the clergy faced with the ousting of the aristocracy in France. Coloured etching by S.J., 1791.
  • A physician's wife and family in a carriage drawn by a camel ridden by a servant: suggesting the social importance of the physician, India (?). Coloured lithograph by F. Jones after Captain G.F. Atkinson.
  • An elaborately dressed medicine vendor selling his wares from a stage to an audience, he points to a member of the crowd whose appearence suggests he is a doctor. Coloured etching by G. Cruikshank, 1819.
  • A small forlorn-looking man looking up suggesting the feeling that an HIV positive gay person experiences; an advertisement for solidarity for gay and lesbians with HIV by the Coordinadora gai-lesbiana. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • A young physician feeling the pulse of a young woman, a painting of two lovers in the background suggests her illness maybe lovesickness. Lithograph by L.E. Soulange-Teissier, 1850, after P.L.A.A. Terral.
  • Alexander the Great, demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Coloured pencil drawing by L. Chodowiecka.
  • Hands grabbing other hands between the words 'SIDA' (AIDS) and 'solitaire' (lonely) within a starry universe with earth beyond, suggesting the loneliness of having AIDS. Silk screen print by Pierre Bernard, Atelier de Création Graphique - Grapus.
  • A hand reaches out to another offering a syringe with a droplet of red liquid suggesting blood representing a warning about the dangers of sharing needles and AIDS by the Oregon Health Division with an AIDS helpline. Colour lithograph.
  • A mother sits on a stool nursing an infant in her arms outside her simple house suggesting she is supporting herself and has avoided AIDS; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Uganda. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Native American children in a variety of poses suggesting blindness and hiding representing a warning that we isolate ourselves from HIV/AIDS; advertisement about AIDS education and clinical services for native Indian women and children by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph.
  • Alexander the Great demonstrating his trust in Philip, his physician, by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him after receiving a letter from General Parmenio suggesting that Philip is poisoning him. Pen drawing attributed to an artist in the circle of G. Cades.
  • People huddled together within prison walls edged with barbed wire with a lone figure bottom right suggesting the social isolation of someone who has AIDS; an advertisement for the information line for those affected by AIDS in prison by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman is interrogated by an official who demands her name and status: she says she is a sensitive woman, but he requires a different kind of status, so she suggests that she is a woman of private means. Lithograph by Joseph Louis-Hippolyte Bellangé, 1828.
  • A house set amidst trees within a condom situated in a barren desert setting with the word 'preservation' suggesting condoms are as safe as houses; an illustration by T. F. Barbier from 1987 representing an advertisement for safe sex by the GSG, Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.