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  • A man using his knees to lift, another bending over to lift: manual handling techniques in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph for the World Health Organisation, 2000.
  • A woman taking pills before a nurse in a clinic: preventing the spread of tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by Desalegn Worku for USAID and TB/CTA, ca. 2000.
  • A pregnant woman carrying a child and bundle on her head approaches a hut in which another family sit having dinner: family life in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph, 1989.
  • A man caring for his pregnant wife: ante-natal care during pregnancy in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph after T. W. Agerneti (?) by the Health Education Centre, 1997.
  • Two men wearing face masks, another with his arm over his mouth: preventing the spread of tuberculosis in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by Desalegn Worku for USAID and TB/CTA, ca. 2000.
  • Image of leper in J. Borelli's "Ethiopie meridionale"
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Woman, front view, probably with elephantiasis of the neck (or goitre?), Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.
  • Ethiopian Medical Association 45th annual medical conference. Colour lithograph, 2009.
  • A used needle poised above a safety box; promoting safe work practices in Ethiopian health organisations. Colour lithograph by Y. G. Mariam, ca. 2000.
  • Abyssinia: a naked man with elephantiasis owing to oedema of the lymph nodes in the right groin. Photograph, 1904.
  • Standing man, front view, probably with elephantiasis of the scrotum, Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.
  • The legs of a man, naked, with skin growths on his left hip and thigh, Abyssinia. Photograph, 1904.
  • Abyssinia: a naked man with elephantiasis probably due to oedema of the lymph nodes in the right groin: three views, front, back and right side. Photograph, 1904.
  • Call for abstracts for Ethiopian Medical Association annual conference. Colour lithograph, 2002.
  • Lecture by Sir Philip Randle at Addis Ababa University. Colour lithograph, 1989.
  • Annual planner for 2009. Colour lithograph by Consortium of Reproductive Health Associations, 2009.
  • Northern and central Africa: indigenous peoples, landscapes and animals. Lithograph.
  • [Leaflet advertising appearances by "a hermit of 90 years experience" from Abyssinia and a "magic mirror" in which "one remarkable event of future life will be visbly produced."].
  • Abyssinians beating captives to death with sticks. Wood engraving, 18--.
  • Saint Matthias: he preaches the gospel to Ethiopians. Colour photogravure, 1898.
  • Abyssinian girls carrying water to a camp. Wood engraving by P.F. Durand.
  • The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.
  • The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.
  • The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.
  • The Big One : Red Nose Day 16 March 07 : by using this little envelope you can change someone's life forever / Comic Relief.
  • To the admirers of the wonderful production of nature, to be seen alive at no.99 Holborn Hill : a most astonishing creature, called the Ethiopian Satyr, or Real wild-man of the woods.
  • James Bruce of Kinnaird, having reached a fountain at Gisha (Abyssinia) regarded as the source of the Nile, uses a coconut to drink the water to the health of King George III and Empress Catherine the Great. Engraving by J. Gillray, 1793, after R.M. Paye.
  • The marriage of Perseus and Andromeda by Cepheus. Etching by Battista Angolo del Moro after Primaticcio.