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  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • AIDS : don't die of ignorance : government information 1987 / issued by the Department of Health and Social Security.
  • Government information about AIDS : this leaflet is being sent to every household in the country to inform everyone about AIDS, in order to help stop the spread of this serious disease. It deals with matters of health and sex that may be disturbing. Please make sure that everyone in your household who may need this information sees this leaflet : stop press, special AIDS line 0800 555777 /c[issued by the Department of Health and Social Security].
  • The Roman emperor Valens pours money into a coffer; an officer is arrested and led to prison. Etching by C. Murer after himself, c. 1600-1614.
  • An American farm boy drinking unsafe water from an old water pump. Colour lithograph after Robbins, 1943.
  • An American farm boy drinking unsafe water from an old water pump. Colour lithograph after Robbins, 1943.
  • A man riding a condom towards earth with the message in French: "Travel safely with condoms"; an advertisement for AIDES, the support group for those with HIV/AIDS. Colour lithograph by V. Bonnin and N. Boursier.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a nightwatchman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Peking, Pechili province, China: a nightwatchman. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • The hanging of the murderers of Edward Palmer, William Gill and Harold Charrington at Zagazig, Egypt, in 1883. Wood engraving by Harrison.
  • Cap-Haitien, Haiti: the surgery of HMS Bulldog. Watercolour by E.L. Moss, 1865.