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  • Addiction and reward pathways in the brain, artwork
  • A chemist, surrounded by symbols and instruments of chemistry, advertising Richard Siddall, chemist in London. Etching by R. Clee, ca. 1750, after J. de Lajoue, ca. 1735.
  • The legs of a prostitute standing on a roadside representing a warning about the dangers of working on the street with a list of seven safe sex guidelines for prostitutes by the SOA Stichting, Utrecht. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • The boiling and testing of opium by Chinese men watched by a European man. Wood-engraving by F. Dadd, c. 1880.
  • A man barricades himself in with a panoply of protections against the cholera epidemic, the latter represented as a hag; representing an overabundance of useless advice concerning protection against cholera. Coloured etching by J.B. Wunder, c. 1832.
  • Text on cocaine
  • Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)
  • Numerous pharmaceutical products bearing the Moroccan Ministry of Health stamp. Colour lithograph by Moroccan Ministry of Health, ca. 2000.
  • Crystals of sulphanilamide
  • A busy drying room in the opium factory at Patna, India. Lithograph after W. S. Sherwill, c. 1850.
  • An orange background bearing the white lettering: "Il vostro medico è tenuto al segreto professionale. Voi, invece, siete liberi di parlare dell'AIDS, della sessualità e della droga." [Your doctor is bound by professional secrecy. You, however, you are free to talk about AIDS, sexuality and drugs]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [UFSP]. Colour lithograph.
  • A member of the Vaishya caste holding a bunch of bananas with his wife holding a betel leaf. Gouache drawing.
  • Paracetamol crystals
  • A woman holding a needle (a "sharp") and syringe, with diagrams for safe disposal of used needles; representing services of Mainliners for people at risk of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Photo Co-op, Glover/Hughes and Big Active Ltd. for Mainliners, 1990/1995.
  • A man's hand holding a syringe poised to inject into his arm with five further smaller images showing the procedures for safe drug use; an advertisement by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph by Torsten Schmidt and Detlev Pusch.
  • A man barricades himself in with a panoply of protections against the cholera epidemic, the latter represented as a hag; representing an overabundance of useless advice concerning protection against cholera. Coloured etching by J.B. Wunder, c. 1832.
  • A man selling medicinal drugs to a woman in a bazaar in Constantinople. Colour lithograph after Preziosi, 1857.
  • A field of poppies and a white bra floating against a red sunset representing an advertisement for safe sex; German version of a series of 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.
  • Sikh ascetics misbehaving: preparing drugs, slothfulness, begging, teaching the young wrong ways. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • A condom packet and a syringe representing a warning about the dangers of sharing needles when taking drugs to reduce the risk of AIDS by the State of California AIDS Education Campaign. Lithograph.
  • The negative impression of 3 profile male faces in red and black with a message about the need to fight against AIDS and risky behaviour; an advertisement by the Independent Anti-AIDS Committee in Valladolid. Colour lithograph.
  • Papaver somniferum (Opium poppy)
  • Two figures lying down having a blood transfusion, a penis with and without a purple condom, a bearded man offering another a syringe and a prostitute accepting money from a customer who sits on a bike; cartoons advertising the dangers of infection and AIDS. Colour lithograph by the AIDS-Hilfe Krefeld e.V.
  • Head servant with his wife offering him betel leaves. Gouache drawing.
  • The figure of death in a red cloak bearing the words 'AIDS' and 'HIV' with his scythe and a syringe bearing the word 'heroin' piercing the black silhouette of a reclining figure; a drug safety and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Committee on AIDS Hanoi. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A syringe and a condom with a warning to always use a new syringe when shooting up since the damage caused by drugs is even more serious since the onset of AIDS; advertisement for the Drogues Info Service and SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: interior of a reconstruction of a seventeenth-century English apothecary's shop. Photograph.
  • The risk of alcohol and drugs increasing HIV infection. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • An exclamation mark inside the outline of a condom against a background of swirling white lines representing an advertisement for Project 'AIDS en Druggebruik' and the AIDS Information line in the Netherlands; advertisement by the N.I.A.D [Nederlands Instituut voor Alcohol en Drugs]. Colour lithograph.
  • A small boy at an apothecary's shop. Reproduction of a lithograph by A. Holswilder, c. 1890.