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  • South-East Asia: map with details of the spread of AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Four Kenyan shaman or medicine men dressed in ceremonial costume, South east Asia. Halftone.
  • Men sitting at desks with speakers representing a World Health Organization meeting about AIDS prevention programmes in South-East Asia with a list of support activities provided by the organization. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae. Goat's Rue. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. Culpeper (1650) writes that it ‘... resists poison, kills worms, resists the falling sickness [epilepsy], resisteth the pestilence.’ Galega officinalis contains guanidine which reduces blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis.. Metformin and Phenformin are drugs for type II diabetes that rely on this group of chemicals, known as biguanidines. Its name gala, meaning milk plus ega meaning 'to bring on', refers to its alleged property of increasing milk yield, and has been used in France to increase milk yield in cows. officinalis refers to its use in the offices of the monks, and is a common specific name for medicinal plants before 1600 and adopted by Linnaeus (1753). The fresh plant tastes of pea pods. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Geography: the comparative heights of the highest mountains. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie.
  • Sir Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. Photograph by Bassano.
  • Asarum canadense (Wild ginger)
  • An Asian man holds up a condom as another hand reaches out to touch his hand. Colour lithograph.
  • Food and diet: spices, chilli
  • An Indian sculpture of a couple embracing; representing the need for safe sex to protect Asians and Muslims against AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • Phalaenopsis, Orchidaceae
  • Human macrophage rupturing after infection with Chlamydia
  • Rapacious parasitoid (Dryinus bruneianus)
  • A man and woman read a list of advice regarding sexual health on a wall representing an AIDS prevention advertisement by Amref, Tanzania. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • A woman wearing a head scarf holds up a condom to a man who beckons her towards a bed; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Amref and Mutan, Tanzania. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A woman and a man holding a bottle enter the 'Santa Guest House' as two men sitting at a table drinking look on; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by Amref and Mutan, Tanzania. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Taiwan: a roadside shrine. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Taiwan: a roadside shrine. Photograph by John Thomson, 1869.
  • Map of health
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.
  • Ambrosia altera.