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  • A relief of an athlete holding a giant clock above his head. Colour process print, 1908.
  • An athlete about to throw a discus; representing care of one's health. Colour lithograph by R..l (?), 1929.
  • A naked athlete being electrified to show the effect of "Chanteclair" embrocation. Colour lithograph by M. Liebeaux, ca. 1910 (?).
  • A naked athlete being electrified to show the effect of "Chanteclair" embrocation. Colour lithograph by M. Liebeaux, ca. 1910 (?).
  • Emiel Mellaard demonstrating nine warming up exercises for athletes, designed to prevent sporting injuries. Colour lithograph for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
  • 'Mycil' : the non-mercurial fungicide : for the treatment of athlete's foot and other fungal dermatoses / The British Drug Houses Ltd. London.
  • 'Mycil' : the non-mercurial fungicide : for the treatment of athlete's foot and other fungal dermatoses / The British Drug Houses Ltd. London.
  • A medallion showing the head of an ancient Greek athlete; advertising the cultural section of an exhibition in Stuttgart on hygiene (Ausstellung für Gesundheitspflege). Colour lithograph, 1914.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Recruits' table card : containing 1.Twelve recruits' physical training tables, 2.Brain stimulating exercises, 3.Obstacle training exercises, 4.Summary of bayonnet fencing exercises, 5.Summary of boxing lessons, 6.Summary of wrestling lessons, 7.Summary of land swimming drill, 8.Summary of athletic training for recruits under training / issued by the General Staff, February, 1922.
  • Four athletes in various poses: a runner at the finishing line, a footballer saving a goal, a tennis player poised to hit the ball and numerous hands reaching up for a basket ball with the message in Italian 'Not for a record but for life. AIDS. The important win'; an advertisement by the Commissione Nazionale per la lotta contro l'AIDS, Ministero della Sanità and CONL [?] Colour lithgoraph, ca. 1995.
  • Myrtus communis L. Myrtaceae Myrtle Distribution: Europe. Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) recommends the fruit for treating haemoptysis (‘spitting blood’) and cystitis, and, if boiled, he said it made a fine wine. In various forms it was used as a hair dye, for sore eyes, anal and uterine prolapse, dandruff and shingles, all sorts of inflammations, scorpion bites and even sweaty armpits. Our plant has white berries, but he regarded those with black berries (they become black later in the season) as being more effective. Lyte (1576) adds that the juice of the berries kept the hair black and stopped it falling out, and prevented intoxication. He notes that it only flowered in hot summers in England, but it is reliable in flower now, either due to global warming or selection of suitable clones. According to Lyte, it is named after Merlyne, a fair maiden of Athens in ancient Greece, who judged the athletic games. Slain by a disgruntled competitor, the goddess Minerva brought her back as the myrtle tree in perpetual memory. The myrtle tree is also an ancient Jewish symbol for peace and justice. Myrtle wine is still made in Tuscany and now even in China. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Bowl decorated with young men using strigils. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Young men using strigils. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Two young men using strigils. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Bowl decorated with young men using strigils. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937.
  • Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Nine popular sports practitioners. Photographic postcard, 191-.