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Intravenous drip bag

Action of SSRIs and NRIs

Microparticle drug delivery

Blister pack of chloroquine antimalarial tablets. Chloroquine is used to prevent and treat the infectious disease malaria. Malaria is caused by parasites (Plasmodium species) which enter the blood when inefcted mosquitoes feed. Side effects of chloroquine include vomitting, nausea and headache. Retinopathy (damage to the retina) is a rare eye condition associated with long term use over many years. Drug resistance against antimalarials is increasing.

Salbutamol crystals

Nanoparticles for drug delivery

Ampoules of Diazepam for injection. Diazepam is a sedative and anti-anxiety agent. It is the generic name for Valium .

Aspirin crystals

Vomiting and sickness, artwork

Advert, scarlet fever treatment, Burroughs Wellcome, 1929

Advertisement for insulin, Burroughs Wellcome, 1930

Nepal; Sherpa porters in the Khumbu, 1986. Well-dressed Sherpa porters prepare for a trekking expedition organised for a party of western vacationists. They will guide, bring up the rear, cook and strike camp. Such expeditions pay cash wages far in excess of anything Sherpas could hope to earn elsewhere and such income is invested in loans, cattle, land, tradeable articles and jewellery. Until the influx of mountaineering expeditions following Hillary's Everest climb (1953), western medicine was unknown in the Khumbu. Distribution of mainly analgesic and antibiotic drugs has led to misuse.

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Vomiting and sickness, artwork

Advert, scarlet fever treatment, Burroughs Wellcome, 1929

Advertisement for insulin, Burroughs Wellcome, 1930

Microparticle drug delivery