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  • Geography: coral reefs, in the tropics. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Syphilis in general practice : with special reference to the tropics / by K.K. Chatterji.
  • A man going on holiday to the tropics; representing sex tourism as a risk for AIDS. Colour lithograph, 199-.
  • A common tropic bird. Etching with engraving.
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • Hawaiian Tropic supporting Rubberstuffers condoms and lubricant : safer sun - safer sex / RS Health Ltd. (Rubberstuffers).
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • Tropical diseases bulletin.
  • Journal of tropical medicine.
  • Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don Apocynaceae. Madagascar Periwinkle Distribution: Madagascar. It is the source of vincristine and vinblastine, which impair cell multiplication by interfering with microtubule assembly, causing metaphase arrest and are effective medications for leukaemias, lymphomas and some solid tumours. The mortality from childhood leukaemia fell from 100% to 30% once it was introduced - not a drug that could ethically be tested by double-blind trials. These chemicals were initially discovered by investigators in 1958 who were looking for cures for diabetes so tested this plant which was being used in the West Indies to reduce blood sugar levels. There are 70 different alkaloids present in this plant, and some - catharanthine, leurosine sulphate, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline and vindolinine - lower blood sugar levels. However, the toxicity of this plant is such that this is not a plant to try at home for diabetic management. The vincristine content of the plant is 0.0003%, so two kilograms of leaf are required to produce sufficient vincristine for a single course of treatment for a child (6gm). Fortunately it is a vigorous weed and easy to grow in the tropics. Artificial synthesis has now been achieved. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Tropical Diseases, Elephantiasis of legs.
  • Patrick Manson, Tropical Diseases, frontispiece
  • Tropical Diseases, Elephantiasis of mammae.
  • Seven tropical disease scientists. Photograph.
  • Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Calcutta
  • Tropical Diseases, Elephantiasis of the scrotum.
  • Tropical Diseases, Parasite of quatan infection.
  • Patrick Manson, Tropical Diseases, Nodular leprosy.
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
  • Wellcome laboratories of Tropical Medicine, c. 1955
  • Frontispiece image from Bontius "On Tropical Medicine"
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 7th session.