The Panama Canal: Baron de Reinach, one of the promoters of the canal, is forced to swallow poison. Watercolour drawing by H.S. Robert, ca. 1897.

A seedy looking intern. Colour process print by C. Josef, c. 1930.

Saint Benedict of Nursia: while he lives as a hermit in a cave near Subiaco, a raven protects him from poisoned bread (represented by a snake emerging from a loaf). Engraving by J. Frey after G. Anziani after Carlo Cignani.

A man supposed to be dead arising from his coffin and surprising his wife (?). Coloured aquatint, 1805, after a drawing by Henry Wigstead, 1784.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by W. Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

The Dutch maid (De Nederlandse Maagd), personifying the Netherlands asks an apothecary whether a medicine might not be poisonous; symbolising doubts over a new Dutch tax law; he replies no, a babe-in-arms could take it. Process print after J. Braakensiek, 1890.

A vicar prays for a dying usurer while his wife receives medical advice. Mezzotint by B. Clowes after W. Dawes, 1768.

Queen Eleanor sucking the poison from King Edward's arm. Coloured stipple etching by Wynne Ryland, 1780, after A. Kauffman.

Illustrations of the effects of poisons : by George Leith Roupell ; the plates from original drawings by Andrew Melville M'Whinnie.

A chemist gives a demonstration involving arsenic to an audience. Coloured lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.

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De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le vendredi 7 avril 1876 / par Abel Marche.

On poisoning by the root of aconitum napellus / by F.W. Headland, M.D., B.A., F.L.S.

<p>According to a story spread by the description in Paul de Rapin, L'histoire d'Angleterre, 1724-1727, Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, saved her husband's life by sucking poison from his arm in 1274</p>

1 print : lithograph ; image 41.6 x 56.3 cm

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.

De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le 16 novembre 1867 / par Paul Gourdon.

<p>Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes: many certificates in first aid / home nursing, concert programme (fund raising : 1913 : Richmond), a 1915 postcard for the St. John Ambulance Association Malta Centre ("Help the wounded"), Presentation of certificates for first aid training and medallions (Syston Village Hall, 27 September 1893 : silk place mat?), air raid precautions / air raid casualties training certificates (1940, 1942), first aid in industry (1966 'seal'), postal cancellation stamp ("Over to you John" : 1992), 'Who cares?' caring programme (1992?), Greenwich Women's Equality Unit programme (1991-2 : first aid training), first aid materials and supplies (1992).</p>

General Collections Ephemera Collection

St. John Ambulance Association ephemera. Box 1.

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Poisoning

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De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le vendredi 7 avril 1876 / par Abel Marche.

On poisoning by the root of aconitum napellus / by F.W. Headland, M.D., B.A., F.L.S.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.

De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le 16 novembre 1867 / par Paul Gourdon.

St. John Ambulance Association ephemera. Box 1.

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Poisoning

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De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le vendredi 7 avril 1876 / par Abel Marche.

On poisoning by the root of aconitum napellus / by F.W. Headland, M.D., B.A., F.L.S.

King Edward I of England, wounded in the arm during a Crusade, has the poison sucked from the wound by Queen Eleanor. Lithograph by J. Linnell, 1845, after J. Severn.

De l'intoxication par le sulfure de carbone : thèse pour le doctorat en médecine présentée et soutenue le 16 novembre 1867 / par Paul Gourdon.

St. John Ambulance Association ephemera. Box 1.

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