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  • An obese man exhibiting a placard of himself looking extremely thin, demonstrating the effectiveness of J. Morison's pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • A black man buying some of J. Morison's pills, hoping they will make him white. Coloured lithograph.
  • A box of Aspro (analgesic and flu remedy) among falling autumn leaves. Colour lithograph after Damour, ca. 1930 (?).
  • A horrified man discovering that as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills, his nose has turned into a carrot. Coloured lithograph.
  • A horrified man discovering that as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills, his nose has turned into a carrot. Coloured lithograph.
  • A collection of 'anti-boche' - ie. anti-German - medicine bottles, next to a scorpion about to be pulverised. Lithograph.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor known as Medicine Jack carrying his wares in a knapsack on his back. Coloured lithograph.
  • Aspirin tablets in tubes and boxes. Colour lithograph.
  • An elderly man throwing his head back to swallow some pills and in the process tossing water all over himself. Coloured aquatint after M. Egerton, 1827.
  • An elderly man throwing his head back to swallow some pills and in the process tossing water all over himself. Coloured aquatint after M. Egerton, 1827.
  • A love sick man taking some of Doctor Hymen's pills to try and cure himself. Watercolour painting.
  • A doctor presenting a patient with a large pill; representing Addington's concession to the City of London by withdrawing income tax. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1802.
  • A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A patient sits helplessly in a chair while proponents of different medicines brawl with each other, overturning tables and chairs; beneath, a comic strip and a further six comic episodes. Lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1834.
  • A couple with their heads together and a couple in silhouette representing Kamal contraceptive foaming tablets in Ghana. Colour lithograph by Ghana Social Marketing Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
  • A large John Bull being held down and force-fed by Peel and Wellington; representing the idea of the Catholic emancipation as a breach of the constitution. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1829.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • Pharmaceutical painkillers
  • A pharmacist and his friend discuss the new tax on medicine; with four other scenes. Photomechanical reproduction of a wood engraving by H. Maigrot.
  • A man with pills and capsules and a woman with a syringe illustrating the message take drugs in the form of tablets and capsules not through unnecessary injections; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the State AIDS Project Cell for World AIDS Day 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • A man with pills and capsules and a woman with a syringe illustrating the message to take drugs in the form of tablets and capsules not through unnecessary injections (English version); an AIDS prevention advertisement by the State AIDS Project Cell for World AIDS Day 1994. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra
  • Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra
  • Medicines used against AIDS; advertising their free availability to Hispanic American people with HIV or AIDS from the New York State Health Department. Colour lithograph.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 32.
  • Drug advertising ephemera. Box 32.