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  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Reports of medical cases, selected with a view of illustrating the symptoms and cure of diseases by a reference to morbid anatomy / By Richard Bright.
  • Field guide for reporting suspected cases of measles in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health KEPI, ca. 2000.
  • Guide for reporting suspected cases of measles in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, ca. 2000.
  • Weekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain. No.41, Week ending Saturday, August 11th, 1866 / by Authority of the Privy Council.
  • Weekly return of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain. No.41, Week ending Saturday, August 11th, 1866 / by Authority of the Privy Council.
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad beans, Fava bean. Distribution: N. Africa, SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Fabarum. Of Beans. Of Bean Cods (or Pods as we in Sussex call them) being burned, the ashes are a sovereign remedy for aches in the joints, old bruises, gout and sciaticaes.’ The beans are perfectly edible for the majority, but 1% of Caucasians, predominantly among Greeks, Italians and people from the Eastern Mediterranean regions, have a genetic trait in that they lack the ability to produce the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. As a consequence, eating broad beans or even inhaling the pollen, causes a severe haemolytic anaemia a few days later. This condition is known as favism. The whole plant, including the beans, contains levodopa, a precursor of dopamine, and some patients with Parkinsonism report symptomatic improvement after commencing on a diet that contains these beans regularly. A case of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome (fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, altered consciousness, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels) consequent on abrupt discontinuation of a diet containing plenty of broad beans, has been described in a patient with Parkinsonism. This is usually seen when patients abruptly discontinue L-dopa therapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi Lamiaceae. Baikal skullcap. Distribution: China. There are several hundred species of Scutellaria, also known as skull caps, so correct identification is important - in particular from Scutellaria lateriflora an American species known as Blue skullcap. The latter is used as an abortifacient and to expel placenta by the Cherokee and for cleaning the throat by the Iroquois (Austin, 2004). Much vaunted as a treatment for rabies with unlikely statistics (1,400 cases cured by one doctor alone). Also as ‘antispasmodic, nervine, [for] chorea, convulsions, tetanus, tremors, delirium tremens, [and as a] diaphoretic and diuretic'. Toxicity symptoms include mental confusion, stupor, headache, vertigo, photophobia, dilated pupils, difficulty in micturition, bradycardia, tremulousness and languor, followed by wakefulness and restlessness (Milspaugh, 1974). Hutchens (1991) reported that it reduces sexual desire and was used for almost every nervous illness. Scutellaria baicalensis contains baicalin, baicalein and wogonin (European Medicines Agency, September 2010). It is used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for treating inflammation, cancer, bacterial and viral infections of the lungs and gut and is one of the '50 Chinese herbs' in the lists of some authors. Scutellaria lateriflora (combined with Verbena officinalis, Passiflora incarnata and the seed of Avena sativa (oats) is licensed for use in Britain as a herbal medicine for temporary relief of mild symptoms of stress such as mild anxiety and to aid sleep, based upon traditional use only. Scutellaria baicalensis is not licensed for use in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A man with a pendent tumour below his right ear. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1830/1850.
  • A woman, reclining, with a large tumour on her right breast. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, ca. 1837.
  • Case of ectopia vesicae
  • Annual report for the year 1902 (fifth year of issue) / Metropolitan Asylums Board.
  • Trypanosomiasis: people with sleeping sickness lying on the ground. Photograph, 19--.
  • A woman (Lo Wanshun) with a tumour on her left cheek. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836.
  • A section of diseased intestine. Watercolour, 18--, after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
  • A section of diseased intestine or heart. Watercolour, 18--, after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
  • A diseased brain. Watercolour, 18--, after F. R. Say for Richard Bright, 1827.
  • A man (Po Ashing) with a tumour on his left arm. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1836.
  • China: protection against nuclear, chemical and germ warfare. Colour lithographs, 1971.