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A man holding a bunch of condoms as balloons as another man with a heart above his head does a double take at a glamorous woman passing by above; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].

A horizontal condom decorated with coloured shapes including red hearts to symbolise love; with the message "without [condoms] the desire goes away". Colour lithograph after Niki de Saint Phalle.

A man crawls on all fours towards a gambling dice bearing hearts as a glamorous woman holding a bag looks on; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted along the bottom; an advertisement for safe sex by the OFfice of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

A naked figure standing pleased with himself as he wears a condom on his erect penis with the words 'in: with a condom'; below, the same naked figure stands red with embarrassment holding his head and genitals without a condom with the words 'out: without a condom' in German; an advertisement for safe sex by the AHS [AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz], ASS [AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA] and AAS [Aiuto AIDS Svizzero]. Colour lithograph.

A man sits on a stone looking miserable as he looks up at a broken heart above his head; another man sings with a microphone as a woman holding a handbag looks back; with diagrams on how AIDS is not contracted; an advertisement for safe sex by the Office of Federal Health and Swiss AIDS Foundation. Colour lithograph by Birez [?].

Zürich by night with a pink condom as the moon. Colour lithograph by the Federal Office of Public Health.

Two pronged plugs with pink condoms coming out of opposite holes and the message in German: 'Safer Sex rule no. 1: always use condoms and kiss to your heart's content'; an advertisement for safe sex by the AHS [AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz], ASS [AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA] and AAS [Aiuto AIDS Svizzero]. Colour lithograph.

Vom Knebeltourniquet zum Kautschukschlauch : die Sammlung des Medizinhistorischen Museums der Universität Zürich zur prophylaktischen Blutstillung / Alfred Schett.

De typho abdominali epidemico qui Turici et in agro circumiacente grassatus est anno MDCCCXXXV et VI : dissertatio inauguralis quam consensu et auctoritate gratiosi medicorum ordinis in alma Universitate Litteraria Turicensi ut summi in medicina et chirurgia honores rite sibi concedantur die XVI Iulii ann. MDCCCXXXVI / publice defensurus est auctor Eduardus Adolphus de Welz.

Arbeiter und Medizin : die Einstellung des Zürcher Industriearbeiters zur wissenschaftlichen und volkstümlichen Heilkunde / Margarete Möckli-von Seggern.

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Vom Knebeltourniquet zum Kautschukschlauch : die Sammlung des Medizinhistorischen Museums der Universität Zürich zur prophylaktischen Blutstillung / Alfred Schett.

Arbeiter und Medizin : die Einstellung des Zürcher Industriearbeiters zur wissenschaftlichen und volkstümlichen Heilkunde / Margarete Möckli-von Seggern.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.

Chemistry laboratory at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH), Zürich. Photograph, ca. 1930.