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  • Alexander Wood's Hypodermic syringe, 19th century
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Brass, ivory, ebony and pewter enema syringe
  • Pewter vaginal syringe in case, 19th century.
  • Small pewter syringe with pistol handle, ivory inlay.
  • Perfume spray: form of syringe with 'rose' at end.
  • Syrasep : disposable microfiltration syringe filters / Intersep Filtration Systems.
  • Syrasep : disposable microfiltration syringe filters / Intersep Filtration Systems.
  • Metal syringe, with metal urethral tube and bone rectal tube
  • A man carrying a giant syringe. Pen drawing, ca. 1810.
  • Administration of an enema by means of a syringe, from a
  • Urethral syringe, silver and silver gilt. In stamped, leather case, not original.
  • A monkey squirting water through a large syringe at two other monkeys. Lithograph.
  • Original hypodermic syringe of Dr. Alexander Wood. The first used in Great Britain.
  • Three women, one of them wielding a syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.
  • Three women, one of them wielding a syringe approach three apprehensive men. Pen drawing.
  • Portrait of A. Higginson, 1808-1884. Inventor of the Higginson syringe. 1/2 tone head and shoulders.
  • The needle of a syringe pointing to a swirling circle of the repeated words in Galician 'Cambiamos chutas usadas por chutas nouas' with the end of a syringe disappearing to the right; a message to drug users to exchange used syringes for new syringes to prevent AIDS; an advertisement by the Comité Cidadán Galego Anti-SIDA. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Apparatus for preparing injected preparations for histological work including a dissection microscope, injection syringe and bull-dog forceps.
  • A syringe forming the 'i' of the word 'AIDS'; a warning about the dangers of spreading AIDS through sharing needles and syringes. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's (?).
  • The hand of a woman holding up a loaded syringe representing a warning about the safe use of drugs and sterile syringes to prevent AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • An Indian couple, a vessel containing blood and a syringe; an anti-AIDS advertisement in Indic. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A syringe pointing upwards representing the letter 'i' of the word AIDS; a warning to use sterilized syringes to prevent AIDS by the Central Health Education Bureau in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A nurse disposing of a syringe in a safety box: avoiding needlestick injuries in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A non-reusable syringe, with a warning about the risks of contracting diseases like AIDS, hepatitis and septicemia by reusing syringes. Colour lithograph by the Ministere della Sanità supported by Italian Pharmacy Federations, ca. 1995.
  • A mosaic of handprints of children, some of which form a hypodermic syringe; representing the use of narcotic drugs by children. Colour lithograph, 200-.