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  • A pastoral scene with women picking grapes and a man on an ox-cart. Etching by H. Lepind after E. Debat-Ponsan, 1886.
  • Dimapur, a drug addict, debating on if he is HIV+ or not; an advertisement by Lifeline, NMA Kripa, Prodigal Home, and the State AIDS Office Nagaland. Colour lithograph, ca. 1997.
  • A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
  • A soldier with one arm debates with a sailor with a wooden leg the merits of the army and the navy. Reproduction of an etching by I. & G. Cruikshank, 1806.
  • Antiseptic surgery : an address delivered at St Thomas's Hospital with the subsequent debate to which are added a short statement of the theory of the antiseptic method, a description of the materials employed in carrying it out, and some applications of the method to operations and injuries in different regions of the body, and to wounds received in war / by William MacCormac.
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • The Indian Nectar, or, A discourse concerning Chocolata : Wherein the Nature of the Cacao-nut, and the other Ingredients of that Composition, is examined, and stated according to the Judgment and Experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional Observations made in England: The ways of compounding and preparing Chocolata are enquired into; its Effects, as to its alimental and Venereal quality, as well as Medicinal (especially in Hypochondriacal Melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, performed by that excellent Chymist, Monsieur le Febure, Chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe.
  • The Indian Nectar, or, A discourse concerning Chocolata : Wherein the Nature of the Cacao-nut, and the other Ingredients of that Composition, is examined, and stated according to the Judgment and Experience of the Indians, and Spanish writers, who lived in the Indies, and others; with sundry additional Observations made in England: The ways of compounding and preparing Chocolata are enquired into; its Effects, as to its alimental and Venereal quality, as well as Medicinal (especially in Hypochondriacal Melancholy) are fully debated. Together with a Spagyrical Analysis of the Cacao-nut, performed by that excellent Chymist, Monsieur le Febure, Chymist to His Majesty. / By Henry Stubbe.
  • Personifications of law, medicine and theology argue over the superiority of their respective professions. Engraving by GWHWHNM, ca. 1720.
  • Two doctors arguing over the bed of a dying patient. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after J.B. Oudry.
  • Two doctors arguing over the bed of a dying patient. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after J.B. Oudry.
  • Christ among the doctors. Engraving by A. de Bruyn, c. 1580, after S. Crispi.
  • Notice for an event on polio vaccinations in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2005.
  • Christ curses the Pharisees. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • Notice for an event on malaria and antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Ethiopian Medical Association, 2003.
  • Christ among the doctors. Etching by A. Scacciati, 1766, after G.B. Moroni, c. 1570.
  • A male and female warrior dispute over a child lying prone underneath; representing rhetoric. Etching by C. Schut.
  • Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.
  • Christ teaches the doctors; while they scour books, he points upwards to indicate the source of his knowledge. Engraving by C. Levasseur after Borel after J. Ribera.
  • A group of physicians having stormy discussions in an elaborately decorated room. Engraving by A.H. Payne after J. Geyer.
  • The words "AIDS-Help Self-Help" against a painted blue background with information on a public hearing in Cologne organised by AIDS-Hilfe NRW e.V. Colour lithograph, 1992.
  • An old man discourses with a woman with a bird on her head; representing dialectic. Engraving by C. Cort, 1565, after F. Floris, c. 1557.
  • A pink and an orange hand reaching out to touch the AIDS red ribbon in the centre; an advertisement for the AIDS Culture Forum in Yokohama and the Minnesota AIDS Pledgewalk in 1994. Colour lithograph by Alex Boies, 1994.
  • Seminar on healthcare and the financial crisis at Strathmore Business School. Colour lithograph by Strathmore Business School, 2009.
  • A pink and an orange hand reaching out to touch the AIDS red ribbon in the centre; an advertisement for the AIDS Culture Forum in Yokohama and the Minnesota AIDS Pledgewalk in 1994. Colour lithograph by Alex Boies, 1994.
  • The words 'Ma mel mondo (virgola) come ci si sta?" representing an advertisement for a forum on people with HIV/AIDS in Arezzo on 27-29th October, 1995 at the Hotel Minerva.
  • ICA Talks : AIDS: the cultural agenda / director of talks, Erica Carter.
  • Two physicians in New England discussing the treatment of a patient with an injured leg who is lying on a wooden table. Engraving.