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  • A soldier's family rest in a small cove, his wife amuses the children while he sleeps. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1830, after R. Edmonstone.
  • Sleeping sickness active surveillance: field laboratory
  • Two peasants in a dingy ale-house; one sleeps on a bench and the other urinates in a bucket. Engraving by J. Groensveld after A. Brouwer.
  • A mother sleeps with her baby and other two children beside open windows: prevention of meningitis in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Northern League of NGO's, ca. 1997.
  • Viola canina L. Violaceae Distribution: Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes 'Violets (to whit the blew ones, for I know little or no use of the white ones in physic) ... provoke sleep, loosen the belly, resist fevers, help inflammations, ... ease pains in the head, help the roughness of the windpipe, soreness in the throat, inflammations in the breast and sides, pleurisies, open stoppings of the liver and help the yellow jaundice'. 'Violet leaves, they are cool, ease pains in the head proceeding of heat, and frenzies, either inwardly taken or outwardly applied, heat of the stomach, or inflammation of the lungs.' It still has the same reputation in modern herbal medicine, and while its safety is not known, it is regarded as edible and flowers are used to garnish salads. Larger quantities are emetic – make one vomit. Not licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Head of a sleeping lion. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • An angel appearing to a sleeping man. Woodcut.
  • A young widowed woman sits and weeps, while one barefoot child looks on and a baby sleeps in the cradle. Wood engraving by M. Klinricht after Frank Holl.
  • While her mother sleeps, a girl keeps watch on her as her lover on bended knee kisses her hand. Engraving by H.C. Shenton after F.P.Stephanoff.
  • A mother tended by nurses sleeps as her new born child breastfeeds: The Bauchi State Mothercare Project in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Bauchi State Mothercare Project, ca. 1994.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • Two victims of sleeping sickness. Reproduction of a photograph.
  • The head and paws of a sleeping lion. Lithograph.
  • Two women sleeping. Drawing by F.S. Hewett, 18--.
  • Two women sleeping. Drawing by F.S. Hewett, 18--.
  • Saint John the Baptist: he reclines sleeping outdoors. Etching.
  • Cartoon showing effects of sleeping below a mosquito net.
  • An inhabitant of Buruma Island, Uganda, suffering from sleeping sickness. Photograph, 1965, after photograph 1902.
  • An inhabitant of Buruma Island, Uganda, suffering from sleeping sickness. Photograph, 1965, after photograph 1902.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • Cattle sleeping in a barn. Etching by A. Lançon, 1871.
  • Nymphs sleeping. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1787.
  • A woman holding her sleeping baby after breast feeding it. Mezzotint.
  • A woman holding her sleeping baby after breast feeding it. Mezzotint.
  • Trypanosomiasis: people with sleeping sickness lying on the ground. Photograph, 19--.
  • Trypanosomiasis: the brain in sleeping sickness showing flattened convolutions. Photograph, 19--.
  • A woman sits drinking as a man sleeps with his head on the table beside her. Engraving by L. Duval, early 19th century, after a design by J. Wicar after G. Terburg.
  • Two men sleeping in the same bed; representing rest. Colour lithograph, 190-.
  • Two men sleeping in the same bed; representing rest. Colour lithograph, 190-.