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Leipzig

Largest city in Saxony, Germany

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Images featuring Leipzig

9 images from works
  • Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.
  • The eye of a tiger in the shape of the map of Africa; advertising a reading of the play "Are there tigers in the Congo?" to commemorate World AIDS Day 1996. Colour lithograph by Petra Siegel for AIDS-Hilfe Leipzig, 1996.
  • A bear wearing a hat and a cloak, selling pills to a group of country folk in Leipzig. Watercolour.
  • Multicolour forms to celebrate the seventh Bundesversammlung der Menschen mit HIV und AIDS (national gathering of people with HIV and AIDS). Colour lithograph by b + d, 1996.
  • The rear jeans pocket of a man with a packet labelled "The hot rubber" and a toothbrush with the message 'who stays overnight ...' in German; an advertisement for AIDS counselling services available in Leipzig and Hot Rubber condoms for gay men. Colour lithograph.
  • Two flowers and a heart representing love and life with the words "Liebes Leben"; advertising an exhibition about AIDS in Leipzig. Colour lithograph by Studio Andreas Heller for the Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 1995.
  • Die aus unserem Hause stammenden Originalpakungen mit Siegel und Schutzmarkebürgen für eine gewissenhafte Herstellung : Dr. Willmar Schwabe Leipzig.
  • A bare-chested man wearing jeans open at the groin pulling a piece of grey material around his head to conceal his face; with the message: 'Wenn wir nicht mehr miteinander reden, hat AIDS schon gewonnehn ...' [If we no longer talk to each other, AIDS has already won]; an advertisement by the AIDS-Hilfe Leipzig e.V. Colour lithograph by Günther and Agentur word Leipzig.
  • Die aus unserem Hause stammenden Originalpakungen mit Siegel und Schutzmarkebürgen für eine gewissenhafte Herstellung : Dr. Willmar Schwabe Leipzig.

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    E. E. Hochweisen Raths der Stadt Leipzig Verneuerte und verbesserte Ordnung, wie es bey besorgenden ansteckenden Seuchen ...

    Leipzig (Germany). | Date: 1681
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    Verneuerte und verbesserte Ordnung, wie es bey besorgenden ansteckenden Seuchen ... in einem und dem andern zu halten, und wornach sich ein jedweder im Fall der Noth zu achten, auch Raths und Hülffe zu erholen.

    Leipzig (Germany) | Date: 1681

Related topics

Universität Leipzig (1409-1953)
Universität Leipzig (1409-1953). Medizinische Fakultät
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
History of Medicine
Germany
History, 19th Century
19th-20th centuries
Education, Medical
Universities and colleges - History
Hospitals

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