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  • Posology Exhibition (the study of the dosages of medicines and drugs)
  • A yellow pill next to a jar bearing the label 'Partners Recommended dosage - one only' with a male and female figure; a warning about the dangers of drugs and AIDS from a concept by Dahlia Phillips with assistance from Unicef and Life of Barbados. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • Instruction sheet on oral antibiotic dosage to treat pneumonia, ear infection, shigella and cholera in Kenya. Lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A baby and a man being weighed on scales: dosing schedule for Artemether-lumefantrine: preventing malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Quinine administration guide for children with malaria in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.
  • Pills, artwork
  • Mycivin Lincomycin hydrochloride.
  • Mycivin Lincomycin hydrochloride.
  • Brontisol : aerosol therapy for generalized airways obstruction.
  • Brontisol : aerosol therapy for generalized airways obstruction.
  • Brontisol : aerosol therapy for generalized airways obstruction.
  • Brontisol : aerosol therapy for generalized airways obstruction.
  • Antibiotic distribution to children: height-based dosing
  • Identification and dosage card for the new BRL Penicillins.
  • Identification and dosage card for the new BRL Penicillins.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.
  • Penbritin for injection : broad spectrum penicillin.