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  • A health information sheet on how to get an AIDS test featuring an illustration of a man having a blood test by Beaver Masigo. Colour lithograph, ca. 1992.
  • If you are having a blood test... / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of information.
  • A healthy-looking man with a tourniquet having a blood test, as apparent health can conceal syphilis. Colour lithograph by L. Karsakov, 1941.
  • If you or your baby are having a blood or urine test... / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of information.
  • If you or your baby are having a blood or urine test... / prepared by the Department of Health and the Central Office of information.
  • The floral emblems of purity are the white lily & the star of Bethlehem : for purity of blood use Frazer's Sulphur Tablets : test them free of charge.
  • The floral emblems of purity are the white lily & the star of Bethlehem : for purity of blood use Frazer's Sulphur Tablets : test them free of charge.
  • The floral emblems of purity are the white lily & the star of Bethlehem : for purity of blood use Frazer's Sulphur Tablets : test them free of charge.
  • The floral emblems of purity are the white lily & the star of Bethlehem : for purity of blood use Frazer's Sulphur Tablets : test them free of charge.
  • A dentist and nurse tending a patient in a chair, a woman holding up a test tube filled with blood and three surgeons in green coats and face masks; a warning about the dangers of contaminated blood and transmission of the AIDS disease. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • If you or your baby are having a blood or urine test : at some hospitals and clinics we are measuring the spread of HIV infection (the virus which causes AIDS) ... / prepared for the Department of Health by the Central Office of Information.
  • Diagnostic test for Fragile X, using presence (normal) or absence (Fragile X syndrome) of FMR-1 protein. FMR-1 protein expression in blood cells has been made visible with antibodies against the FMR-1 protein. The presence of FMR-1 protein is made visible as red staining. a: red staining in cells of normal individual. b/c: absence of staining in male patient. d: female patient; one cell is showing staining and in the other cell there is an absence of staining - this individual is a carrier.
  • Testing diabetic dog glucose level in blood.
  • Testing diabetic dog glucose level in blood
  • The hand of a woman pointing to a blood bag that has been tested for HIV representing a warning about the dangers of donating contaminated blood and AIDS. Colour lithograph, ca. 1998.
  • A woman lying down receiving a blood transfusion from a blood bag that has apparently not been tested for HIV since it bears the skeletal face of death; an AIDS prevention advertisement in Maldivian. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Private : to the trad only : we beg to call your attention to our world-renowned Blood, Cough and Physic Balls, and solicit your orders for same if you have not already tested their merits.
  • How you prevent HIV/AIDS showing hands opening a condom packet, donated blood tested for HIV, a sterilized syringe and razor, and someone pulling on a sterile surgical glove; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the CII, the Confederation of Indian Industry programme on HIV/AIDS prevention and care. Colour lithograph by Amita P. Gupta, ca. 1997.
  • 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.
  • Syphilis: ten people, one of whom is diagnosed as having syphilis. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1940.
  • Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Phlebotomist taking blood, artwork
  • Mast cell showing histamine granules
  • Ten people at a swimming pool, one of whom will be infected with syphilis before the age of fifty. Lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1940.
  • Human CRP
  • You get as much out of urine as you put into it, Bili-Labstix : just add blood! Ames/BMI Blood Analyser.
  • You get as much out of urine as you put into it, Bili-Labstix : just add blood! Ames/BMI Blood Analyser.
  • How to get an AIDS test
  • A doctor explains how to avoid malaria with illustrations: ParaSight F, the rapid test for malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Becton Dickinson, ca. 2000.
  • Fragile X diagnostic test - normal