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  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • The community responds : AIDS / prepared for the 3rd National Conference - Local Government and Community Development by the Department of Community Services and Health.
  • Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don Apocynaceae. Madagascar Periwinkle Distribution: Madagascar. It is the source of vincristine and vinblastine, which impair cell multiplication by interfering with microtubule assembly, causing metaphase arrest and are effective medications for leukaemias, lymphomas and some solid tumours. The mortality from childhood leukaemia fell from 100% to 30% once it was introduced - not a drug that could ethically be tested by double-blind trials. These chemicals were initially discovered by investigators in 1958 who were looking for cures for diabetes so tested this plant which was being used in the West Indies to reduce blood sugar levels. There are 70 different alkaloids present in this plant, and some - catharanthine, leurosine sulphate, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline and vindolinine - lower blood sugar levels. However, the toxicity of this plant is such that this is not a plant to try at home for diabetic management. The vincristine content of the plant is 0.0003%, so two kilograms of leaf are required to produce sufficient vincristine for a single course of treatment for a child (6gm). Fortunately it is a vigorous weed and easy to grow in the tropics. Artificial synthesis has now been achieved. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A woman's face with the question: "If I am HIV positive, do you still think I'm pretty - tell me yes"; advertisment for the SIDA Info Service by the Agence Français de lutte contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Native American children in a variety of poses suggesting blindness and hiding representing a warning that we isolate ourselves from HIV/AIDS; advertisement about AIDS education and clinical services for native Indian women and children by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Colour lithograph.
  • The face of a woman against a black background bearing the red lettering: "Dass das Leben zu ende Sein kann, noch ehe es begonnen hat, mag für dich unvorstellebar Sein; für mich aber wird es ... zur realitä'; an advertisement for an Ecumenical service at the Protestant Episocopal Church in Bischofszell on Sunday, 29 August on the theme of: 'AIDS - a punishment from God? by Pastors H. Miller and M. Keller with representatives of AIDS-Hilfe Thurgau. Colour lithograph.
  • Nepal; Kunde hospital in the Khumbu, 1986. This is the only hospital in the Khumbu region. A 'Visitors Note' at the gate reads: 'Interested visitors may be shown the hospital between 8 am - 5 pm depending on the availability of staff. For this service a donation is appreciated. The hospital depends on donations.' In 1986, the hospital was remarkably well equipped considering its isolation. There were facilities for minor, and in an emergency, major surgery and dentistry, local and general anaesthesia, and an X-ray machine running off its own generator. Some diagnostic facilities were carried out, and the walls of the main clinic were lined with shelves packed with a good supply of drugs, bandages and sutures.
  • Henry Moyes and William Nicol. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1806, after J. R. Smith.
  • Henry Moyes and William Nicol. Mezzotint by W. Ward, 1806, after J. R. Smith.
  • World War I: a gymnastic performance in Amsterdam for the benefit of wounded French soldiers. Colour lithograph by A. Ost, 1918.
  • A dotted pyramid bearing question marks representing an AIDS awareness advertisement by the Government Information Services for the Department of Health. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A list of 11 illustrated rules in Spanish and Basque on how to avoid AIDS issued by Basque Health Services. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • School of the London Society for Teaching the Blind to Read, Avenue Road, London: seen from the road. Coloured lithograph by E. T. Dolby after H. E. Kendall, 1838.
  • Freedoms : pick one up / Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme.
  • Freedoms : pick one up / Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.
  • Cosmographiae universalis libri VI in quibus ... describuntur, omnium habitabilis orbis partes situs, propriaeque dotes.