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Neobacrin Ointment : the antibiotic ointment in everyday prescription demand because it can be used time and time again.

A sovereign remedy.

Soothe that pain with Anethaine.

Horse-blister ointment / prepared by Richard Hine.

Calvert's Carbolic Ointment : preserve your teeth by using Calvert's Carbolic Tooth Powder.

Cuckoo-pint (arummaculatum) : the second in a series of herb paintings by Ernest Petts.

A soverign remedy.

The "Home" First-Aid Case : Tincture of Iodine.

The crucifixion of Christ; the three Maries lament. Etching by W. Unger after R. van der Weyden.

Saint Agatha. Engraving by J. Coelemans, 1706, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 16--.

1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 19 x 26.5 cm

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.

1 print (album fol. 7r, item no. 116) : lithograph, printed in colours

Crème Radieuse à la glycérine et au lait de lys: product label. Colour lithograph.

Medical Heritage Library

On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.

<p>Bible. N.T. Matthew 26; Mark 14; Luke 7; John 12. On the confused identity of Mary Magdalene, see L. Réau, 'Iconographie de l'art chrétien', Paris, 1957, vol. 2, p. 326. She is identified as a sinner, a courtesan, and as both Mary of Magdala and Mary of Bethany</p>

1 print : etching ; platemark 25.2 x 27.5 cm

Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

Tobias rubbing 'fish-gall' ointment on his father's eyes (Tobit) as instructed by the archangel, Raphael, to restore his eyesight, while his mother and dog look on. Line engraving after Rembrandt (?).

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A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Crème Radieuse à la glycérine et au lait de lys: product label. Colour lithograph.

On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.

Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

Tobias rubbing 'fish-gall' ointment on his father's eyes (Tobit) as instructed by the archangel, Raphael, to restore his eyesight, while his mother and dog look on. Line engraving after Rembrandt (?).

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Ointments

Images

Catalogue

A surgeon treating an elderly man's foot, his wife observes the scene. Pen drawing after D. Teniers, the younger.

Crème Radieuse à la glycérine et au lait de lys: product label. Colour lithograph.

On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.

Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

Tobias rubbing 'fish-gall' ointment on his father's eyes (Tobit) as instructed by the archangel, Raphael, to restore his eyesight, while his mother and dog look on. Line engraving after Rembrandt (?).

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