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The origins and meanings of pharmacy symbols

What have snakes, unicorns and crocodiles got to do with pharmacies? The history of these modern signs goes back to the Greek gods.

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My body, my hair

To depilate or not to depilate? Farah Esset and Eden Rickson share a collection of personal pictures and stories that explore the intimate interplay between body hair and identity.

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  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bisexuality; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bi-sexuality; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1990's.
  • The green outline of a condom inside which the male symbol points upwards representing the man's penis next to the symbol for bi-sexuality; with running figure of Cupid and the words AIDS, SIDA, HIV within the condom; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the RFSU, Norwegian Red Cross, The Norwegian Confederation of Sports and the Norwegian AIDS Association. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
  • Recto: a graphic black figure with two faces incorporating a head as a chest pointing to a board displaying symbols; an illustration to a Cameroonian proverb; second of six posters advertising the American Red Cross HIV/AIDS program. Colour lithograph by Damballah Dolphus Smith,1992.
  • Carlist War, Spain: wounded soldiers being carried down from the Heights opposite Andoain. Wood engraving.
  • Franco-Prussian War: ambulancemen collecting the wounded and dead at Champigné. Etching by A. Lançon, 1870.
  • An army nurse. Watercolour drawing.
  • Boer War: bringing in the wounded the Willow Grange fight. Process print.
  • Franco-Prussian War: English ambulance services encamped outside the Park of St. Germain, Paris. Wood engraving.
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