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Ayer's Sarsaparilla gives health and sunny hours / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Mandrake roots in the form of human figures, both naked and clothed; the mandrake plant itself (Mandragora officinarum L.); and a root of ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.). Engraving.

Three people plucking mandrake. Gouache by Robert Bateman, 1870.

Panacea, daughter of Æsculapius, examining a urine flask and surrounded by medical paraphernalia. Engraving by P. Galle (?).

Dioscorides describing the mandrake. Oil painting by Ernest Board, 1909.

Three mother-goddesses or fates (above); three mandrake charms (below). Engraving.

Ayer's Sarsaparilla purifies the blood, stimulates the vital functions, restores and preserves health, and infuses new life and vigor throughout the whole system / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

M0007110: Manuscript illustration from Medicina Antiqua of a mandrake being uprooted by a dog

A critical dissertation on the mandrake of the antients; : with some observations on the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman literature, botany, and medicine. In a letter to a Fellow of the College of Physicians.

M0007071: Manuscript illustration of an artist drawing a mandrake being held by Heuresis

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Ayer's Sarsaparilla gives health and sunny hours / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

M0007110: Manuscript illustration from Medicina Antiqua of a mandrake being uprooted by a dog

A critical dissertation on the mandrake of the antients; : with some observations on the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman literature, botany, and medicine. In a letter to a Fellow of the College of Physicians.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

M0007071: Manuscript illustration of an artist drawing a mandrake being held by Heuresis