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  • PP/CLE/A.3, Charles Lovatt Evans, "Protected
  • Tortoise: "shell rot" - raw area protected
  • Young, free and protected? / NPL ... Naz Project London.
  • Young, free and protected? / NPL ... Naz Project London.
  • A healthy boy, protected from tuberculosis by fresh air and exercise. Colour lithograph by André Wilquin, 1942.
  • Death as the reaper eyes a man and a woman protected by Cupid. Etching by H. Thoma, 1919.
  • Bellevue Hospital, New York City: a ward for children, protected by bars, with patients, doctors and nurses. Photograph.
  • A giant mosquito trying to attack a French soldier who is protected by a mosquito net. Colour lithograph after H. Stephany, 1917.
  • A hand protected by a guard from getting caught in the cogwheels of a machine. Colour lithograph by H. Kominek, ca. 1957.
  • A naked woman's body soiled with palm prints, but protected from AIDS by a "Stop AIDS" sign over her vagina. Colour lithograph after V. Kozlík, 1989 (?).
  • A hand hanging over a chessboard has made its last move: white wins because the white king is protected by a condom; representing protection against AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A boy about to make a dangerous jump in skateboarding, while well protected with guards on the head, wrists and knees. Colour lithograph for Stichting Consument en Veiligheid, 1994.
  • Vaccination once every three years protects against smallpox : Are you protected? Free vaccination will be done at the Municipal Branch Health Office as follows ... / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.
  • Vaccination once every three years protects against smallpox : Are you protected? Free vaccination will be done at the Municipal Branch Health Office as follows ... / Shanghai Municipal Council Public Health Department.
  • An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.
  • Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.
  • An illustrated list of ways in which people can be protected from AIDS, from washing their hands to sterilising euipqment properly; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIDS Control Cell of the Directorate of Health Service, Goverment of New Delhi. Colour lithograph by Ravi Chopra, ca. 1995.
  • Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm. Asparagaceae Bluebell. Perennial bulbous plant. Distribution W. Europe to N. Portugal. Seed and plants from wild stock are protected in England and Wales and all trade in them is prohibited, despite their abundance. All parts of the plant are poisonous and the sap can cause dermatitis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Self-protection : today, Trasidrex provides protection for the 'heart-at-risk'.
  • Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Ranunculaceae Winter Aconite Distribution: Europe. The reason it was called Winter aconite and linked to Aconitum napellus as being just as poisonous is because plants were classified according to leaf shape in the 16th century. L'Obel's Stirpium adversaria nova (1571) and Plantarum seu stirpium historia (1576) (with a full page illustration on page 384 showing Eranthis and Aconitum together) along with the knowledge that related plants have similar medical properties caused the belief that Eranthis are as poisonous as Aconitum. They are both in Ranunculaceae and while Eranthis (like all Ranunculaceae)is toxic if eaten, it does not contain the same chemicals as Aconitum. Caesalpino (Ekphrasis, 1616) pointed out the error in classifying according to leaf shape and recommended flower shape. It contains pharmacologically interesting chemicals such as khellin, also present in Ammi visnaga. This is a vasodilator but quite toxic, but can be converted into khellin analogues such as sodium cromoglicate – used as a prophylaxis against asthma attacks – and amiodarone which has anti-arrhythmia actions so is used for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. It is endangered and protected in the wild (Croatia) because of over-collecting for horticulture. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Ranunculaceae Winter Aconite Distribution: Europe. The reason it was called Winter aconite and linked to Aconitum napellus as being just as poisonous is because plants were classified according to leaf shape in the 16th century. L'Obel's 'Stirpium adversaria nova' published in 1571 and 'Plantarum seu stirpium historia' published 1576 (with a full page illustration on page 384 showing Eranthis and Aconitum together) along with the knowledge that related plants have similar medical properties caused the belief that Eranthis are as poisonous as Aconitum. They are both in Ranunculaceae and while Eranthis (like all Ranunculaceae) is toxic if eaten, it does not contain the same chemicals as Aconitum. Caesalpino (Ekphrasis, 1616) pointed out the error in classifying according to leaf shape and recommended flower shape. It contains pharmacologically interesting chemicals such as khellin, also present in Ammi visnaga. This is a vasodilator but quite toxic, which can be converted into khellin analogues such as sodium cromoglicate – used as a prophylaxis against asthma attacks – and amiodarone which has anti-arrhythmia actions so is used for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. It is endangered and protected in the wild (Croatia) because of over-collecting for horticulture. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.