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  • Opuntia humifusa Raf. Cactaceae Eastern prickly pear, Indian fig. Distribution: Eastern North America. Stearns (1801) reports 'OPUNTIA a species of cactus. The fruit is called the prickly pear. If eaten it turns the urine and milk in women's breast red'. This is likely to be Opuntia robusta. The ripe fruits are reported edible, raw, and the leaf pads also, either raw or cooked. The fine spines, glochids, cause severe skin irritation so should be wiped off or burnt off prior to cooking and eating. Moerman (1998) reports that O. hemifusa was widely used by Native American tribes for wounds, burns, snakebite, warts (fruit), and as a mordant for dyes used on leather. Widely used, with the spines removed, as a famine food, and dried for winter use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Opuntia humifusa Raf. Cactaceae Eastern prickly pear, Indian fig. Distribution: Eastern North America. Stearns (1801) reports 'OPUNTIA a species of cactus. The fruit is called the prickly pear. If eaten it turns the urine and milk in women's breast red'. This is likely to be Opuntia robusta. The ripe fruits are reported edible, raw, and the leaf pads also, either raw or cooked. The fine spines, glochids, cause severe skin irritation so should be wiped off or burnt off prior to cooking and eating. Moerman (1998) reports that O. hemifusa was widely used by Native American tribes for wounds, burns, snakebite, warts (fruit), and as a mordant for dyes used on leather. Widely used, with the spines removed, as a famine food, and dried for winter use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Two women from Zanzibar, one milking the other's right breast into a cup.
  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before a vision of the Virgin and Christ Child. Line engraving by M. Brandi, 1788, after J. Camaron.
  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux kneeling before the Virgin and Christ Child. Colour etching by A. Scacciati, 1766, after G.B. Poccetti.
  • List of ways HIV is transmitted; eighth of sixteen advertisement posters by the American Red Cross promoting education about AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before a vision of the Virgin and Christ Child. Engraving.
  • A warning about the hazardous and the non-hazardous practices in relation to the transmission of AIDS issued by the Bundesministerium für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit [Federal Ministry for Youth, Family, Women and Health]. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman breastfeeding: child nutrition in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Federal Health Education Unit of Lagos, ca. 2000.
  • A baby holding a rattle: promoting breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Unicef, ca. 1997.
  • Two toddlers fed on Mellin's food for infants, with testimonials by their parents advertising Mellin's product. Process print, 25 September 1897.
  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before the Virgin and Christ Child. Etching by A. Jameson after B.E. Murillo.
  • A mother breast feeds her baby as another woman looks on: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • A contented mother breastfeeds her baby in a hospital bed tended by a nurse: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health & Social Welfare, ca. 1994.
  • Pero breast-feeding her father Cimon in prison. Line engraving by J.P. le Bas after N.N. Coypel.
  • Various foods representing healthy nutrition in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • A weeping Pero, breast-feeding Cimon, her starving imprisoned father. Line engraving by J. Danzel after N.N. Coypel.
  • Ovaltine in lactation / A. Wander Ltd.
  • Baby's heritage / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • Baby's heritage / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • Baby's heritage / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • Baby's heritage / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • A mother breast feeds her baby as another woman looks on: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • BRCA1 during meiosis
  • A contented mother breastfeeds her baby in a hospital bed tended by a nurse: promoting benefits of breastfeeding in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Wellstart International and Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services, ca. 1994.
  • Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
  • Alnus glutinosa (Common Alder)
  • Meiosis
  • Meiosis
  • Meiosis