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  • Imagine having your body left to science... while you're still in it / PETA.
  • Imagine having your body left to science... while you're still in it / PETA.
  • Think before you eat : go vegetarian : for life / PETA.
  • PeTA recipe cards / PeTA Europe Ltd.
  • Think before you eat : go vegetarian : for life / PETA.
  • PeTA recipe cards / PeTA Europe Ltd.
  • 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.
  • Fur : there's no excuse / [PETA].
  • There's NO excuse / PETA.
  • There's NO excuse / PETA.
  • L'Oreal sunscreen : first fry white mice in tinfoil / Animal Aid.
  • L'Oreal sunscreen : first fry white mice in tinfoil / Animal Aid.
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • Save the Newchurch guinea pigs : born to a life of hell.
  • The tree of temperance, showing benefits caused by healthy living. Coloured lithograph, 1872.
  • Ahalya leaning on tree. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Moses, with his rod and the table of the ten commandments. Etching by J. Rogers after S.W. Reynolds.
  • If women had glass tummies would they ever have abortions? / Society for the Protection of Unborn Children.
  • Serment d'Hippocrate, précédé d'une notice sur les sermens en médecine / Par J.R. Duval.
  • Serment d'Hippocrate, précédé d'une notice sur les sermens en médecine / Par J.R. Duval.
  • Moses, with his rod and the table of the ten commandments; with scenes from the Passion and the Last Judgement to come. Mezzotint after S.W. Reynolds.
  • The tree of intemperance, showing diseases and vices caused by alcohol. Coloured lithograph, 18--.
  • The doctor's oath : an essay in the history of medicine / by W.H.S. Jones.
  • The doctor's oath : an essay in the history of medicine / by W.H.S. Jones.
  • God and his angels sit in judgment; they divide humanity into the elect and the damned. Mezzotint by J. Stephenson after J. Martin.
  • Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
  • Worthy pastimes of olden times contrasted with vices of the present day. Engraving, c. 1627, after S. Ward.
  • Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.
  • Four types of physician using their qualifications to take advantage of their women patients or of the public. Coloured lithographs, ca. 1852.
  • A physician trying to take advantage of a young woman patient by visiting her at home while her husband is out. Coloured lithograph, 1852.