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  • A trail of blood spots with a syringe representing a warning about how to deal with spillages of blood infected with HIV by the National AIDS Programme of Trinidad and Tobago. Colour lithograph by Illya Furlonge-Walker, ca. 1995.
  • A syringe within a no entry sign and an embracing couple with advice on how to avoid catching HIV within a burgundy and pink decorative border; one of a series of fact sheets about AIDS and HIV. Colour lithograph.
  • 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 man's hand holding a syringe poised to inject into his arm with five further smaller images showing the procedures for safe drug use; an advertisement by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Torsten Schmidt and Detlev Pusch.
  • A woman with a loud speaker emitting the word 'SIDA' with an orange arrow incorporating a syringe with a foetus (?) below; a warning to women about the dangers of injecting drugs and contracting AIDS during pregnancy. Colour lithograph, ca. 1992.
  • A syringe, the silhouette of a man injecting himself, a couple talking and a man receiving a blood transfusion in a bed; a warning about the risks of contracting AIDS through drug abuse and contaminated blood. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician riding a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession that scares children; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • Hypodermic and Tumour Syringes.
  • 'The Dying Detective', syringes
  • A two-tone syringe with the words 'VIDAIDS' representing the message that the line that separates life from death is as thin as a needle; an AIDS prevention advertisement by ADG, Gapa and Senac. Colour lithograph by the Graphic Designers Association, 1992.
  • A woman holding a needle (a "sharp") and syringe, with diagrams for safe disposal of used needles; representing services of Mainliners for people at risk of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Hughes and Big Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.
  • An unlikely drug user, a middle-aged man in a shirt and tie aims a syringe at another man against a backdrop of a building bearing a flag representing a message about HIV by the AIDS Council of New South Wales. Colour lithograph.
  • A hand holds a card bearing the number '14' with the skeletal figure of death with other cards including the devil, a red rose, a family, a bottle and a syringe; advertisement for the Latino AIDS Project. Colour lithograph by Herbert Sigüenza, 1987.
  • Baptismal syringes, 17thC
  • Baptismal syringes, 17thC
  • Patent for dental syringes, 1897.
  • A black and a white syringe against a background of swirling white lines representing an advertisement for Project 'AIDS en Druggebruik' and the AIDS Information line in the Netherlands; advertisement by the N.I.A.D [Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs]. Colour lithograph.
  • A dog with a syringe, a cat bearing two joined female symbols and a cockerel with a horse whip all piled up on top of a horse wearing high-heeled shoes; advertising an AIDS congress in Bremen, 1997. Colour lithograph by Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe.
  • Replicas of Indian surgical instruments in the Wellcome Collections. Key as follows: 14. Lion forceps, 15. Blunt probe, 16. forceps with arms, 17. hyena forceps, 18. curlew forceps, 19. sharp probe, 20. rectal enema or syringe, 21. stone extractor, 22. scissors, 23. midwifery forceps.
  • The silhouette of a man with one hand at his chin as if thinking, a syringe poised to inject someone's arm and a couple making love; a warning about the dangers of contracting AIDS through sharing needles and unsafe sex. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Pills, medication, drugs, a pestle and mortar and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of intravenous drug abuse and AIDS issued by the State AIDS Cell of the Goverment of Tamil Nadu and sponsored by Unicef. Colour lithograph by Adprint, ca. 1997.
  • Syringes: Hypodermic, made by Down Bros.
  • Hypodermic Syringes. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 320.
  • Hypodermic Syringes. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 321.
  • Hypodermic Syringes. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 322.
  • Hypodermic Syringes. Manufacturer's catalogue, p. 319.
  • A cartoon-figure called 'Leo' juggles a video, a bottle, a condom, a syringe and a pill box while standing on a tight-rope above a crater against a starry night sky; advertising the 2nd 'Stop AIDS' festival in Mainz, 1990. Colour lithograph by Klaus.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A diseased woman turning into a mermaid, a physician with a lancet riding on a cow and an apothecary wielding a syringe form a grotesque procession, scaring children as they go; referring to the distrust of the French public in the face of vaccination. Coloured etching.
  • A man with pills and capsules and a woman with a syringe illustrating the message take drugs in the form of tablets and capsules not through unnecessary injections; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the State AIDS Project Cell for World AIDS Day 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.