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  • Asthma: the struggle against the house mite. Colour lithograph after W. Dolk for the Nederlands Astma Fonds, 1996.
  • Sexually transmitted diseases are rife after plague, tuberculosis and yellow fever have been overcome. Colour lithograph after H. Devitt Welsh.
  • A drunk young man vomiting outside a social gathering. Colour lithograph for Nationaal Instituut voor Gezondheidsbevordering en Ziektepreventie, ca. 2000.
  • A Dutch tavern interior with three men smoking and drinking in the foreground. Engraving by J. Beauvarlet, 1755, after A. van Ostade.
  • A father with an axe breaking through the door of a teenager's bedroom; representing a parent to whom it is difficult to talk about drugs, but who is not typical of all parents. Colour lithograph for the Drugs Infolijn, 200-.
  • A vendor of spectacles showing his wares to a woman at her spinning wheel, while her family look on. Etching by D. Deuchar after A. van Ostade.
  • Fleurs odorantes : champs de jacinthes en Hollande / Compagnie Liebig.
  • An old woman raises her glass to two men, one with a jug and pipe. Engraving by C. Visscher after A. van Ostade.
  • King Louis XIV receives an enema while sitting on a globe of the earth, thus besmearing it with ordure; around him, chaos reigns; symbolising the events following the Protestant rebellions of 1674 including the flight of the royal family from England in 1689. Engraving by R. de Hooghe, c. 1689.
  • Activities of the Netherlands Red Cross that can be supplied with the aid of donations of various amounts. Colour lithograph by Derf, 194- (?).
  • A peripatetic medicine vendor entering a house in the Netherlands. Watercolour by R. Craeyvanger, 1866.
  • Four boors round a barrel table smoking and drinking. Engraving by J. Michel, c. 1779, after G. Farrington after A. van Ostade.
  • 'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.
  • A nurse standing in front of a modern rheumatism clinic; advertising the need for such clinics in the Netherlands. Colour lithograph after R. de Jonge, 1961.
  • A lesbian couple smiling. Colour lithograph by Gebr. Silvestri for the Schorerstichting, 2001.
  • Hay fever: tips for minimising the effects of pollen on hay fever sufferers in their own gardens. Colour lithograph for the Nederlands Astma Fonds, 1998.
  • Six questions about drug abuse and six answers. Lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • A Dutch physician involved in share dealing in the Dutch speculation explosion of 1720. Engraving, 1720.
  • Professors C.B. Spruyt and Van Pesch are told by Death that all knowledge comes from him; referring to the change in electoral law concerning the minimum voting age. Reproduction of a lithograph by J. Braakensiek, 1893.
  • People relieving themselves in a public space between Leiden and Harlem. Etching, 1765.
  • Digestion: invitation to take a water/fibre test for healthy diet. Colour lithograph for Maag Lever Darm Stichting, 2001.
  • An intoxicated man drinking beer; advertising Blauwe Week against alcohol. Lithograph (?), 1936, after A. van Dobbenburgh, 1935.
  • A hand which has lost two fingers, owing to attempts to clean dangerous machines while they are running. Colour lithograph by Jacob Jansma, 1949.
  • A man on a bicycle, and two bicycle saddles seen from behind; representing the health benefits of cycling. Colour lithograph ca. 2000 (?).
  • The interior of a dingy smoke den where groups of men smoke, drink and play cards. Engraving by P. Moitte, 18th century, after a painting by D. Teniers, the younger.
  • Two men indoors under a thatched roof, smoking and drinking; representing pastimes in winter. Etching by F. Basan after A. van Ostade.
  • Nine badges showing portraits of gay men; recommending testing for HIV. Colour lithograph for the Schorerstichting, ca. 2003.
  • A man on a beach trying to blow up an inflatable lifebelt for children who look on; representing the breath-problems that occur to smokers. Colour lithograph for the Nederlandse Hartstichting, ca. 2000.
  • 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.
  • Valeriy Smola and the team of doctors providing palliative care to cancer patients in Kazakhstan. Colour lithograph for Memisa, ca. 199-.