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  • A baby crawling to the left representing a warning about good sexual health to prevent birth defects, STDs and AIDS (Hindi version); a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • The City of London Lying-in Hospital in the background, with a mother breastfeeding and two children at her feet, a man in rustic garb and a horn of plenty on the left. Engraving.
  • An old wet nurse; symbolising France as nanny-state and public health provider. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph by N. Dorville, 1901.
  • Death is challenged by a crusader representing the Red Cross; advertising the Third Red Cross Roll Call for the improvement of public health. Colour lithograph, 1919.
  • Death is challenged by a crusader representing the Red Cross; advertising the Third Red Cross Roll Call for the improvement of public health. Colour lithograph, 1919.
  • An old man in a wheelchair is fed by three boys; around him a family goes about its business. Etching by F. Vasconi after P.L. Ghezzi, 1719.
  • A couple making love, two people sharing needles, a man in a bed receiving a blood transfusion and a pregnant Indian woman; warning by the World Health Organization about the modes of transmission of HIV. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A woman representing syphilis; advertising Dr Abreu's sanatorium for syphilitics in Barcelona. Colour collotype by J. Thomas after R. Casas, ca. 1900.
  • A woman representing syphilis; advertising Dr Abreu's sanatorium for syphilitics in Barcelona. Colour collotype by J. Thomas after R. Casas, ca. 1900.
  • Children, representing children worldwide who are infected or affected by AIDS; advertisement by the World Health Organization (WHO). Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Children, representing children worldwide who are infected or affected by AIDS; advertisement by the World Health Organization (WHO). Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A woman (Yang She), facing front, with a massive pendent tumour hanging down from her neck. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837.
  • A native American woman holding a baby over her shoulder against a graphic backdrop representing an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Colour lithograph.
  • A native American woman holding a baby over her shoulder against a graphic backdrop representing an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Colour lithograph.
  • Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.