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  • Two elderly women, one wearing glasses, with their heads together with the question: 'Me, AIDS?' in German and that 'AIDS affects us all' bottom; with a message below in French about their fears for their children and grand-children and the need to shelter them from AIDS; an advertisement for safe sex by the Ministère de la Santé. Colour lithograph.
  • National Children's Bureau Conference : World AIDS Day Conference 1995 : children's participation in HIV services : needs, rights and cultural diversity / a major one day conference organised by the National Forum on AIDS and Children, the European Forum on HIV/AIDS, Children and Families and the National Children's Bureau.
  • National Children's Bureau Conference : World AIDS Day Conference 1995 : children's participation in HIV services : needs, rights and cultural diversity / a major one day conference organised by the National Forum on AIDS and Children, the European Forum on HIV/AIDS, Children and Families and the National Children's Bureau.
  • National Children's Bureau Conference : World AIDS Day Conference 1995 : children's participation in HIV services : needs, rights and cultural diversity / a major one day conference organised by the National Forum on AIDS and Children, the European Forum on HIV/AIDS, Children and Families and the National Children's Bureau.
  • National Children's Bureau Conference : World AIDS Day Conference 1995 : children's participation in HIV services : needs, rights and cultural diversity / a major one day conference organised by the National Forum on AIDS and Children, the European Forum on HIV/AIDS, Children and Families and the National Children's Bureau.
  • Weak after illness? : He needs Brand's : In colds, chills, measles, influenza, chickenpox- all children's complaints, give Brand's chicken or beef Essence : 2/3, 2/9, 3/-.
  • Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia.[he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’]. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Papaver somniferum L. Papaveraceae Opium Poppy Distribution: Asia minor, but has been dated to 5000BC in Spanish caves. Now grows almost everywhere. The oldest medicine in continuous use, described in the Ebers' papyrus (1550 BC), called Meconium, Laudanum, Paregoric and syrup of poppies. Culpeper (1650) on Meconium '...the juyce of English Poppies boyled till it be thick' and 'I am of the opinion that Opium is nothing else but the juyce of poppies growing in hotter countries, for such Opium as Authors talk of comes from Utopia [he means an imaginary land, I suspect]’. He cautions 'Syrups of Poppies provoke sleep, but in that I desire they may be used with a great deal of caution and wariness...' and warns in particular about giving syrup of poppies to children to get them to sleep. The alkaloids in the sap include: Morphine 12% - affects ?-opioid receptors in the brain and causes happiness, sleepiness, pain relief, suppresses cough and causes constipation. Codeine 3% – mild opiate actions – converted to morphine in the body. Papaverine, relaxes smooth muscle spasm in arteries of heart and brain, and also for intestinal spasm, migraine and erectile dysfunction. Not analgesic. Thebaine mildly analgesic, stimulatory, is made into oxycodone and oxymorphone which are analgesics, and naloxone for treatment of opiate overdose – ?-opioid receptor competitive antagonist – it displaces morphine from ?-opioid receptors, and reverses the constipation caused by opiates. Protopine – analgesic, antihistamine so relieves pain of inflammation. Noscapine – anti-tussive (anti-cough). In 2006 the world production of opium was 6,610 metric tons, in 1906 it was over 30,000 tons when 25% of Chinese males were regular users. The Opium wars of the end of the 19th century were caused by Britain selling huge quantities of Opium to China to restore the balance of payments deficit. Laudanum: 10mg of morphine (as opium) per ml. Paregoric: camphorated opium tincture. 0.4mg morphine per ml. Gee’s Linctus: up to 60 mg in a bottle. J Collis Browne’s chlorodyne: cannabis, morphine, alcohol etc. Kaolin and Morph. - up to 60 mg in a bottle. Dover’s Powders – contained Ipecacuana and morphine. Heroin is made from morphine, but converted back into morphine in the body (Oakeley, 2012). One gram of poppy seeds contains 0.250mgm of morphine, and while one poppy seed bagel will make a urine test positive for morphine for a week, one would need 30-40 bagels to have any discernible effect. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Two girls sitting in floral dresses on a beach, representing children with AIDS. Colour lithograph by Chris Taylor and HDM Eggert for Kinder-AIDS-Hilfe Deutschland e.V.
  • Children with the words 'How much do your children know about AIDS?'; a poster from the America responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph.
  • A father considers whether he needs another child: family planning in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, ca. 1994.
  • Family sharing a meal in Thailand
  • A mother sick in bed with her children before her. Lithograph by K. Kollwitz, 1920.
  • Sources of carbohydrates and fats for children and adults: bread, butter, cereals, mushrooms and jam. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • Demonstration on recognising dehydration in children, Ghana
  • The election of a parish beadle in England: crowds thronging the entrance to the polling station, including supporters of the rival candidates, Spruggins and Bung, who expect to be elected according to the large number of their dependents. Etching by George Cruikshank, 1836.
  • Prevention of malnutrition: growth monitoring and promotion
  • Sources of vitamins and minerals for children and adults: (a) carrots and apples, (b) citrus fruits, (c) brassicas and pulses. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • A father assists a boy who washes his hands from a container of water hanging from a branch: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • A father assists a boy who washes his hands from a container of water hanging from a branch: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • A mother with her two young children beside a table of nutritious food containing vitamin A: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • Illustrated guide to making good porridge: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • A mother feeding her baby water: preventing illness in children in Uganda. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2002.
  • A man and wife with their two children representing a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the NGO AIDS Consortium with PATH in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.
  • Dirty Vlas the organ-grinder demonstrating that people who spit or crack sunflower-seeds spread tuberculosis and are therefore enemies of the people's health. Colour lithograph by T. Pashkov, 192-.
  • Loss, emotional cancer journey, artwork
  • A homeless family pulling a covered wagon up a steep mountain side in Tyrol; on the path they pass two priests in cassocks, carrying crosses. Wood engraving, 1879, after M. Schmid.
  • Papaver somniferum seed
  • Louis Pasteur and his rabies patients. Wood engraving after Paul Renouard, 1886.