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  • Dysentery, portion of the intestine
  • Dysentery, portion of colon showing sloughing ulcers
  • Dysentery, portion of the intestine after six weeks
  • Dysentery, portion of the intestine after three weeks
  • Dysentery, portion of the intestine after three months
  • Dysentery, portion of the intestine after seven weeks
  • Dysentery with typhoid fever, portions of intestine after 14 days
  • Intestine in a case of dysentery
  • Intestine from a case of acute dysentery
  • Portions of the intestine, dysentery with typhoid fever
  • Qigong exercise to treat 'white' and 'red' dysentery
  • C14 Chinese medication chart: Difficult urination, dysentery
  • Portion of the intestine showing healing ulcers after dysentery
  • Solitary glands of the colon distended with mucous in a case of dysentery
  • A cross-section of diseased intestines (dysentery). Coloured lithograph by V. Batelli after O. Muzzi, c. 1843.
  • World War II: hygiene instructions against dysentery and diarrhoea for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1945.
  • Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne is the great specific for cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery ... / sole manufacturer J.T. Davenport, 33 Gt. Russell St., W.C.
  • Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne is the great specific for cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery ... / sole manufacturer J.T. Davenport, 33 Gt. Russell St., W.C.
  • A Soviet soldier dies of dysentery as a result of eating unwashed vegetables. Colour lithograph by M.V., 192-, for the Sanitarno-Prosvetitelʹno Otdel Sanchasta Zapfronta.
  • A Soviet soldier dies of dysentery as a result of eating unwashed vegetables. Colour lithograph by M.V., 192-, for the Sanitarno-Prosvetitelʹno Otdel Sanchasta Zapfronta.
  • Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief : this remedy cures all pain, as toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, backache, cures fresh cuts and bruises, cures diarrhoea, summer complaints, dysentery... / M.M. Fenner.
  • Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief : this remedy cures all pain, as toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, backache, cures fresh cuts and bruises, cures diarrhoea, summer complaints, dysentery... / M.M. Fenner.
  • Fox running out of the House of Commons in the middle of a debate with William Pitt the younger about the Regency crisis: he is excreting as he runs, which refers to a bout of dysentery he caught on route from Bologna. Etching by J. Gillray, 1788.
  • Scour & diarrhoea mixture : very effective for use in cases of "curding" and obstinate cases of diarrhoea in foals, calves, sheep and pigs, and also for severe cases of dysentery or flux. It warms the stomach and irritated membranes, and neutralizes all acidity of the bowels.
  • Human intestinal protozoa in the Near East : an inquiry into some problems affecting the spread and incidence of intestinal protozoal infections of British troops and natives in the Near East, with special reference to the carrier question, diagnosis and treatment of amoebic dysentery, and an account of three new human intestinal protozoa / by C.M. Wenyon and F.W. O'Connor.
  • Human intestinal protozoa in the Near East : an inquiry into some problems affecting the spread and incidence of intestinal protozoal infections of British troops and natives in the Near East, with special reference to the carrier question, diagnosis and treatment of amoebic dysentery, and an account of three new human intestinal protozoa / by C.M. Wenyon and F.W. O'Connor.
  • Rodgersia aesculifolia Batalin Saxifraginaceae Chestnut-leaved Rodgersia. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Northern China. Named for Rear Admiral John Rodgers (1812-1882), American naval officer who commanded the Pacific expedition 1852-1856 when the genus was first discovered. Used as a Traditional Chinese Medicine for rheumatism, bronchitis, dysentery, asthma, and gastritis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Polemonium caeruleum L. Polemoniaceae Jacob's ladder, Greek Valerian. Hardy perennial. Distribution: Temperate Europe. Dioscorides in 70 AD (Beck, 2005), and Lyte (1578) recommended it drunk in wine, for malignant ulcers, dysentery, difficulty in micturition, hip disease. The root was worn round the neck to protect against scorpions, and stopped toothache if chewed. Called Valerian Graeca by Dodoens (1551) and Parkinson (1640), Valeriana peregrina Belgarum by Lobel (1576). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pinus mugo Turra, Pinaceae Mountain pine. Distribution: Mountain regions in south and central Europe. Source of pine cone syrup used in cooking. Pine trees in general have a small edible pine nut in the pine cone, which Lyte (1578) writes are 'good for the lungs, they cleanse the breast, and cause the fleme to be spit out: also they nourish well and engender good blood, and for this cause they are good for such as have the cough.' He wrote that it was used for burns, wounds, dysentery, and as a diuretic. Quincy says of fir (Pinus) cones that they strengthen the genital parts, and increase the quantity of seed, or increase Desire without adding to Ability or Performance. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Agrimonia eupatoria L. Agrimony, Eupatorium, Maudlein. Perennial herb. The species name comes from king Mithridates Eupator VI of Pontus (132-63 BC) who took regular doses of poison to develop an immunity to them. A 'Mithridate' was a medicine against poisons. Distribution: N. and S. Africa, N. Asia, Europe. '…provokes urine and the terms [periods], dries the brain, opens stoppings, helps the green sickness [iron deficiency anaemia], and profits such as have a cold weak liver outwardly applied it takes away the hardness of the matrix [=uterus] and fills hollow ulcers with flesh' (Culpeper, 1650). Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) recommends mashed leaves in hog's grease for healing scarring ulcers, and the seed in wine for dysentery and serpent bites. Goodyear's 1655 translation of Dioscorides (Gunther 2000) has this as cannabis, which Parkinson (1640) says is in error and summarises the manifold uses from classical authors, from removing splinters to stopping menorrhagia. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.