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A monument teaching mortality, including figures and symbols alluding to death. Woodcut by A. Andreani after G. Fortuna, ca. 1588.
Fortuna, Giovanni, 1535-1611.Date: MDLXXXVIII [1588]Reference: 33798i- Pictures
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Philip, King of Macedon, is woken up by his page and reminded of his mortality. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
Payne, John, -1647?Date: 1639Reference: 35704i- Pictures
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A health visitor holding a small child, promoting a campaign against tuberculosis and infant mortality. Colour lithograph by A. Leroux, 1918.
Leroux, Jules Marie Auguste, 1871-1954.Date: [1918]Reference: 23982i- Pictures
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Thomas Parr, said to have died aged 152, with a border depicting three figures and various symbols relating to mortality. Stipple engraving, 1807.
Date: 20 March 1807Reference: 938i- Digital Images
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Christenings and burials 19 Dec. 1665 from London's dreadful visitation: or, a collection of all the bills of mortality for this present year
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Diseases and casualties 15-22 Aug. 1665 from London's dreadful visitation: or, a collection of all the bills of mortality for this present year
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Infant nutrition: healthy babies, advertising the advice services available from the Spanish Republican government to reduce infant mortality due to poor nutritition. Colour lithograph, 193-.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]Reference: 583304i- Pictures
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A man being vetted by an insurance salesman. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill, 1896.
Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942.Date: 1896Reference: 14310i- Pictures
A father alone with his newborn baby and older son: safe motherhood campaign in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Benue State Ministry of Health, ca. 2006.
Date: [2006?]Reference: 810827i- Pictures
A mother breast-feeding a baby; advertising use of breast milk rather than commercial food supplements. Colour lithograph, 1996.
Date: [1996?]Reference: 748744i- Pictures
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A heavily pregnant woman walking a road littered with risks to her death: reducing risks of child birth in Uganda. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Health, ca. 1998.
Date: [1998?]Reference: 811546i- Pictures
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A Roman mosaic representing a skeleton reclining. Photograph by Edizione Alinari.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 566153i- Digital Images
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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.
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The interior of a nursery with eight babies, watched by Death who opens the window from outside and reveals and industrial cityscape. Colour process print after A. Dick Dumas, ca. 1917.
Dumas, Alice Dick, 1878-Date: [1917?]Reference: 569394i- Pictures
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A neighbour checking on an old sick man and enquiring about what the doctor has said, the old man retorts that he has recommended exercise. Wood engraving by G. King, 1907.
King, Gunning.Date: 1907Reference: 15363i- Pictures
Breast feeding: one woman grieves over an empty cradle, while another woman contentedly breast-feeds her baby; representing the superiority of breast-feeding for the health of the baby. Colour lithograph by Pol Mathieu, 1949.
Mathieu, Pol.Date: 1949Reference: 543164i- Pictures
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The birth of Benjamin and the death of Rachel. Oil painting by D. Chiesura after G.B. Cignaroli.
Cignaroli, Giambettino, 1706-1770.Reference: 44697i- Pictures
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A doctor asking his messenger if he delivered some medicine to one of his patients. Process print after W. Lunt, 1913.
Lunt, Wilmot, 1856-1939.Date: 5 February 1913Reference: 15772i- Pictures
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Collage of art works bearing dedications to people who have died from AIDS around which crowds of people form a square with red ribbons at the corners; "Remembrance", a 3-dimensional collage commemorating The Names Project/AIDS quilt by Lawrence M. Romorini to benefit people living with AIDS; advertisement for AIDS Awareness week at Greenwich Town Hall on December 7th to 21st, 1993. Colour lithograph by Shirely Jones for One of A Kind, 1992.
Date: 1992 :Reference: 668568i- Pictures
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A skeleton as Death embraces a pregnant woman. Woodcut by Gerhard Marcks, 1959.
Marcks, Gerhard.Date: [1979?]Reference: 803818i- Pictures
A nurse protecting children; representing the need for improved care of babies to enable them to survive to childhood and beyond. Colour lithograph by B. Becan, 192-.
Becan, Bernard, 1890-1943.Date: [between 1920 and 1929]Reference: 659412i- Pictures
A man takes his pregnant partner by bicycle towards a medical clinic. Colour lithograph by R. Mbago for Mkuranga Reproductive Health Project Tanzania 2004.
Date: [20]04Reference: 2924552i- Pictures
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Advice to expectant mothers on healthy practices during pregnancy and at the birth. Colour lithograph after O. Gri︠u︡n, 1925.
Gri︠u︡n, O., active 1919.Date: [1925]Reference: 667999i- Pictures
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A denim jacket with a badge bearing the letters 'silence=death'; warning about the need to be open about AIDS. Colour lithograph.
Date: [between 1990 and 1999]Reference: 667034i- Pictures
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Advice to mothers on healthy treatment of infants: cleanliness and warmth. Colour lithograph by A.A. Ioffa, ca. 1925.
Ioffa, A. A., active approximately 1925.Date: [1925?]Reference: 668000i