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  • The home of good health.
  • The home of good health.
  • SEM Aspergillus mould producing spores (conidia)
  • Australian public health information poster on the tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria), advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish, produced by Brisbane City Council Department of Health after the 1926/1927 dengue epidemic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • Three skeletons in fine attire, one of which covers the back of the third with plaster. Colour lithograph by L. Crusius, 1898.
  • A westerner capsizing a boat out of which tumble commodities of various sorts. Colour woodcut by Baiju Kunitoshi, 1883.
  • A man in a blue shirt holding a baby on his knee representing a warning to potential fathers to take the AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman holds a baby on her knee representing a warning to potential mothers to take an AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • A fly on a grid, representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • A black woman in a yellow jumper holds a baby with his rattle on her knee representing a warning to potential mothers to take an AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • A black man in a blue jumper and red shirt holding a baby on his knee representing a warning to potential fathers to take the AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • The tiger mosquito and the grey 'night-biting' mosquito as carriers of disease (dengue, yellow fever and filaria); advising citizens to clean up water-holding rubbish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1928.
  • A full dustbin with the lid lifted off; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies and bins. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • A woman in a purple shirt holding a baby representing a warning in Spanish to potential mothers to take an AIDS test by the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • Actor Ichikawa Kodanji (?) in a loin-cloth, his body covered with sword scars, is seated at a meal. Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • A message from a child urging people to have x-rays. Lithograph, ca. 1970.
  • Prevention of food poisoning by cooling hot food quickly, shown by a roast joint on a dish. Colour lithograph, ca. 1962.
  • Prevention of food poisoning by cooling hot meat and keeping cold meat covered. Colour lithograph, ca. 1965.
  • Two doctors - left, the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and right, H. H. Asquith - recommending different remedies to an irate patient; representing arguments surrounding the Parliament Act of 1911 and reform in the House of Lords. Pen drawing by F.C. Gould, 1911.
  • Two men face to face, laughing; representing men at risk of contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A woman embracing a man: head and shoulders; representing fidelity as a protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A young woman aware of the risk of contracting AIDS through intravenous use of heroin or cocaine. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • A thoughtful young man, resting his chin in his hand, thinking about individual responsibility in avoiding and preventing the risk of contracting AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A married woman having an affair, talking on the telephone to her lover; representing the risk of contracting AIDS through infidelity. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A young prostitute wearing fake fur, getting into a car; representing the risk of contracting AIDS through not using a condom. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A woman with painted lips peering over her sunglasses; representing the risk of contracting AIDS while on holiday. Colour lithograph, 199-.