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  • The ship carrying the plague arrives in another country. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A full dustbin with the lid lifted off; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies and bins. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • A fly; representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, 196-.
  • Bottles, bins etc. in which mosquitoes breed. Colour lithograph by Menendez, 1981.
  • Spores of Bacillus pestis which caused the plague and its vector the human flea (Pulex irritans). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • The larva and fly of a greenbottle (Lucilia sericata). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • The larva and fly of a greenbottle (Lucilia caesar). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • A stow-away rat on a cart, carrying the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A fly on a grid, representing the danger of food poisoning through flies. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • Rats living in the sewers. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A baby sleeping with a fly on the teat of its milk bottle; a man setting up an Aeroxon trap to catch flies. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • Rabies: a rabid dog attacking a girl. Colour lithograph, 1977.
  • A dead plague-infected rat. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat leaving a ship via the mooring rope, thus spreading the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Obstructions on mooring-lines to stop rats boarding ships. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Spores of Bacillus pestis which caused the plague and its vector the human flea (Pulex irritans). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • Cartoons illustrating ways in which you can't get AIDS including eating at restaurants and using toilets in public places; advertisement for the Minnesota AIDS Project by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Colour lithograph by Max.
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat on board a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Rats at a port. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A rat stowing away on a ship, carrying the plague further afield. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Preventive methods against malaria in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Salam Mohamed Saleh for CTILSPT and Ministère de l'éducation nationale et de l'enseignement supérieur , ca. 2000.
  • A rat caught in a trap; victim to man's efforts to stem the spread of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.
  • Scientists experimenting with rats to investigate the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.
  • Flies infecting food. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1941.
  • A child with diarrhoea, malnutrition and vector related disease and means of prevention: The Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Kenya. Colour lithograph by P. Wambu, ca. 2000.
  • A blue cross containing stylised representations of situations in which the Aedes aegypti mosquito can flourish: discarded rubbish, a bin, water, a house etc. , and a representation of the mosquito itself. Colour lithograph, ca. 1982.
  • Yellow fever in Cuba: (above) the Aedes-aegypti mosquito, the carrier of yellow fever, seen as a target through a telescopic gun-sight; (below) a discarded tyre, oil drum etc. as places where the mosquito breeds. Colour screen print (?) after S. Goire Castilla, 198- (?).