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Ointments

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

    Teniers, David, 1610-1690 | Reference: 22594i
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    Crème Radieuse à la glycérine et au lait de lys: product label. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [1890?/1910] | Reference: 526445i
    Part of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.
  • view On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.
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    On a new and successful treatment for febrile and other diseases, through the medium of the cutaneous surface : illustrated with cases / by William Taylor.

    Taylor, William, active 1850. | Date: 1850
  • view Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.
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    Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869 | Reference: 23556i
  • view 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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    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 (?).

    | Reference: 16385i
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