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Emil von Behring (1854-1917)

Tshusick, an Ojibwa woman, holding a flower. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after C.B. King, 1837.

King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862.

Date: 1837

Map showing Indian localities in North America, 1833

Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot, Pucoon or Indian paint)

Dr Henry Oakeley

Three native North-American discussing the facts on AIDS; advertisement by Northwest Territories Health. Colour lithograph.

Date: [between 1900 and 1999]

Portrait of Donald Dalrymple

Yellow Smoke, a member of the Omaha tribe. Platinum print by F.A. Rinehart, 1899.

Rinehart, F. A.

Date: 1899

Sir William Johnson. Coloured engraving, 17--.

Date: 1700-1799

Medical inquiries and observations

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.

Date: 1805

A Native American Indian man offering a pink condom to a couple with a message to use condoms to avoid the spread of AIDS; advertisement by the Seattle Indian Health Board. Lithograph by Stewart Tilger and Christine P. Salvador.

Date: [between 1900 and 1999]

Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka (Monkaushka), a Sioux chief, holding a sword. Coloured lithograph by A. Hoffy after G. Cooke, 1837.

Cooke, G. 1793-1849.

Date: [1837]

Beaded buckskin tobacco pouch, Canada, 1860-1880

Science Museum, London

Otosporin drops : to soothe and clear the infected ear Otosporin drops.

Burroughs Wellcome and Company

Date: 1971

The American herbal, or materia medica : wherein the virtues of the mineral, vegetable, and animal productions of North and South America are laid open, so far as they are known ; and their uses in the practice of physic and surgery exhibited ; comprehending an account of a large number of new medical discoveries and improvements, which are compiled from the best authorities ...

Stearns, Samuel, 1741-1809.

Date: 1801

A North American Indian as a traditional youth dancer surrounded by hands forming a circle with feathers; advertisement for AIDS Awareness Week October 3-9, 1994 by the Assembly of First Nations National Indian Brotherhood. Colour lithograph by Sean Couchie, 1994.

Date: 1994

Indirect percussion method practised by Apache Indians

A native American woman with plaited hair and a Native American logo as a hair decoration within a banner held up by wooden posts; an advertisement for the Native American Women's Health Education Reource Center in South Dakota. Lithograph.

Date: [between 1900 and 1999]

X-ray tube a later version of the Coolidge X-ray tube. (10 k.w. heavy anode tube [air-cooled] by Philips. Heat is carried away from the target by a heavy block of copper and the metal fins.

The Indian vegetable family instructer: : containing the names and descriptions of all the most useful herbs and plants that grow in this country, with their medicinal qualities annexed; also, a treatise on many of the lingering diseases to which mankind are subject, ... with a large list of recipes, which have been carefully selected from Indian prescriptions ... Designed for the use of families in the United States.

Bowker, Pierpont F.

Date: 1851

Thomas Renton Elliott

Biography and history of the Indians of North America : comprising a general account of them ... Also, a history of their wars; their manners and customs ... Likewise exhibiting an analysis of ... the great question of the first peopling of America

Drake, Samuel G., 1798-1875.

Date: 1837

Portrait of Sir Henry Dale

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and condition of the North American Indians

Catlin, George, 1796-1872.

Date: 1841

Photograph of C.C. Barnard and Family

A Native American medicine man. Oil painting.

Catlin, George, 1796-1872

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