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The poor child’s nurse

Charming family scenes in Victorian ads for children’s medicines were at odds with some of the dangerous ingredients they contained.

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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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Meet the climate emergency

Find out what led Yinka Shonibare to create the compelling artwork ‘Refugee Astronaut’.

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  • All ground spices with this trademark warranted genuine / Peter Leech & Son.
  • All ground spices with this trademark warranted genuine / Peter Leech & Son.
  • All ground spices with this trademark warranted genuine / Peter Leech & Son.
  • Advertisement for safe sex bearing the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms and the message 'certainly safer' in Italian; one of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' poster campaign by the Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, in collaboration with the Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Advertisement for safe sex bearing the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms and the words 'surely a safer blow' in French; one of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • Advertisement for safe sex and the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms expressed with the words 'aaah' and 'oook' in red and yellow lettering on a black background; German version of a series of Stop AIDS campaign posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz, in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • The words 'alta stagione' [high season] incorporating a pink condom between pink vertical lines; an advertisement for safe sex and the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms; an Italian version of a series of safe sex posters from a 'Stop AIDS' campaign by Aiuto AIDS Svizzero in collaboration with the Federal Office of Public Health. Colour lithograph.
  • 4 Pewter medicine spoons or measures. Medicine spoon or measure, probably pewter, with bowl at either end. Medicine spoon or child's feeding spoon, plated. Hallmark castle in shiled; EP; Co. P; S. Medicine spoon or measure, plted. Hall-mark: Maws's trademark; A; 16 in shield. Veterinary feeding spoon. Hallmark: ETM; fleur-de-lys; C in oval, NS.
  • The words 'haute saison' [high season] incorporating a pink condom between pink vertical lines; an advertisement for safe sex and the trademark 'OK' quality seal awarded to brand condoms; French version of a series of 'Stop SIDA' [Stop AIDS] campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health, in collaboration with the l'Aide Suisse contre le SIDA. Colour lithograph.
  • Packets of condoms and a tube of lubricant bearing the trademark label 'The Hot Rubber℗' next to a man's boxer shorts, a pair of sunglasses and gold cufflinks, chain and a belt bearing the letter 'h'; with the message: 'The intimate new pleasure line for men' in French'; an advertisement for safe sex by The Hot Rubber Company, makers of condoms. Colour lithograph.
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