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A brief history of contraception

From douches to diaphragms, and condoms to caps, discover the wide range of contraception methods people have used over the centuries.

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Sex and syphilis

Before antibiotics, syphilis unleashed centuries of misery, countered by desperate but largely useless remedies. With the spread of syphilis on the rise, it’s worth remembering what our forebears suffered.

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Sex in graphic novels

Sex and sexuality have long been explored in the history of the graphic novel.

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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability

By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.

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  • Advice for men on treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after A. Games, 1949.
  • A list of the top ten sexually transmitted diseases by the Stichting SOA. Colour lithograph.
  • The range of condoms available from Durex to prevent sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph.
  • A man trapped in the letters VD (venereal disease), representing untreated sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 195- (?).
  • Choose safer sex : STDs : sexually transmitted diseases / Health Education Authority ; photography by Cameron Spencer.
  • Choose safer sex : STDs : sexually transmitted diseases / Health Education Authority ; photography by Cameron Spencer.
  • A woman seducing an American airman in a bar; warning American servicemen against sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 194-.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases.
  • An opening into taking care : condoms can prevent: chlamydia, gonorrhea, Hepatitis B, HIV infection, syphilis, other sexually transmitted diseases.
  • An American soldier or airman waiting to see a doctor; warning American servicemen against sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph, 194-.
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