Wellcome uses cookies.

Read our policy
Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events
81 results
  • A manual of diseases of the nervous system / by W.R. Gowers.
  • A manual of diseases of the nervous system / by Sir W.R. Gowers.
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • The nervous system of the human body: as explained in a series of papers read before the Royal Society of London; with an appendix of cases and consultations on nervous diseases ... / [Sir Charles Bell].
  • Clinical lectures on diseases of the nervous system delivered at the infirmary of la Sal Petriere. Vol. 3 / by J.M. Charcot ; translated by Thomas Savill.
  • Diseases of the nervous system. Care of the loss of speech and its association with partial destruction of left-anterior lobe of the brain (localization of speech centres).
  • On the diseases and derangements of the nervous system. In their primary forms and in their modifications by age, sex, constitution, hereditary predisposition, excesses, general disorder, and organic disease : Marshall Hall / [Marshall Hall].
  • On the diseases and derangements of the nervous system. In their primary forms and in their modifications by age, sex, constitution, hereditary predisposition, excesses, general disorder, and organic disease : Marshall Hall / [Marshall Hall].
  • Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous & physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence & sterility with practical observations on the use of the microscope in the treatment of the diseases of the generative system / by Samuel La'Mert.
  • Self-preservation : a medical treatise on nervous & physical debility, spermatorrhœa, impotence & sterility with practical observations on the use of the microscope in the treatment of the diseases of the generative system / by Samuel La'Mert.
  • Disease exterminated from the system and every form of nervous, muscular, or organic weakness cured without drugs ... : Harness' electropathic belt : it imparts new life and vigour to the debilitated / the Medical Battery Company Limited.
  • Disease exterminated from the system and every form of nervous, muscular, or organic weakness cured without drugs ... : Harness' electropathic belt : it imparts new life and vigour to the debilitated / the Medical Battery Company Limited.
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • J. M. Charcot, Diseases of the nervous syste
  • Atropa belladonna L. Solanaceae. Deadly nightshade. Dwale. Morella, Solatrum, Hound's berries, Uva lupina, Cucubalus, Solanum lethale. Atropa derives from Atropos the oldest of the three Fates of Greek mythology who cut the thread of Life (her sisters Clotho and Lachesis spun and measured the thread, respectively). belladonna, literally, means 'beautiful lady' and was the Italian name for it. Folklore has it that Italian ladies put drops from the plant or the fruits in their eyes to make themselves doe-eyed, myopic and beautiful. However, this is not supported by the 16th and 17th century literature, where no mention is ever made of dilated pupils (or any of the effects of parasympathetic blockade). Tournefort (1719) says 'The Italians named this plant Belladonna, which in their language signifies a beautiful woman, because the ladies use it much in the composition of their Fucus [rouge or deceit or cosmetic] or face paint.' Parkinson says that the Italian ladies use the distilled juice as a fucus '... peradventure [perhaps] to take away their high colour and make them looke paler.' I think it more likely that they absorbed atropine through their skin and were slightly 'stoned' and disinhibited, which made them beautiful ladies in the eyes of Italian males. Distribution: Europe, North Africa, western Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Solanum. Nightshade: very cold and dry, binding … dangerous given inwardly … outwardly it helps the shingles, St Antonie's Fire [erysipelas] and other hot inflammation.' Most of the 16th, 17th and 18th century herbals recommend it topically for breast cancers. Poisonous plants were regarded as 'cold' plants as an excess of them caused death and the body became cold. They were regarded as opposing the hot humour which kept us warm and alive. Poultices of Belladonna leaves are still recommended for muscle strain in cyclists, by herbalists. Gerard (1633) writes that it: 'causeth sleep, troubleth the mind, bringeth madnesse if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be taken they also kill...'. He was also aware that the alkaloids could be absorbed through the skin for he notes that a poultice of the leaves applied to the forehead, induces sleep, and relieves headache. The whole plant contains the anticholinergic alkaloid atropine, which blocks the peripheral actions of acetylcholine in the parasympathetic nervous system. Atropine is a racemic mixture of d- and l- hyoscyamine. Atropine, dropped into the eyes, blocks the acetylcholine receptors of the pupil so it no longer constricts on exposure to bright light - so enabling an ophthalmologist to examine the retina with an ophthalmoscope. Atropine speeds up the heart rate, reduces salivation and sweating, reduces gut motility, inhibits the vertigo of sea sickness, and is used to block the acetylcholine receptors to prevent the effects of organophosphorous and other nerve gas poisons. It is still has important uses in medicine. Atropine poisoning takes three or for days to wear off, and the hallucinations experienced by its use are described as unpleasant. We have to be content with 'madness', 'frenzie' and 'idle and vain imaginations' in the early herbals to describe the hallucinations of atropine and related alkaloids as the word 'hallucination' in the sense of a perception for which there is no external stimulus, was not used in English until 1646 (Sir T. Browne, 1646). It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be sold in premises which are registered pharmacies and by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux, faites à la Salpétrière / par J.-M. Charcot ; recueillies et publiées par Bourneville.
  • Selections from the clinical works of Dr. Duchenne (de Boulogne) / translated, edited, and condensed by G.V. Poore.
  • Sedospasmil : moderador del sistema neurovegetativo y coordinador del simpatico / Laboratorios Brunschwig & Co.
  • Sedospasmil : moderador del sistema neurovegetativo y coordinador del simpatico / Laboratorios Brunschwig & Co.
  • Sedospasmil : moderador del sistema neurovegetativo y coordinador del simpatico / Laboratorios Brunschwig & Co.
  • Sedospasmil : moderador del sistema neurovegetativo y coordinador del simpatico / Laboratorios Brunschwig & Co.
  • Traité de la moelle épinière et de ses maladies. Contenant l'histoire anatomique, physiologique et pathologique de ce centre nerveux chez l'homme / par C.P. Ollivier.
  • De la physiologie du système nerveux et spécialement du cerveau. Recherches sur les maladies nerveuses en général, et en particulier sur le siége, la nature et le traitement de l'hystérie, de l'hypochondrie, de l'épilepsie et de l'asthme convulsif / par M. Georget.
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 26, John Peel.
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 26, John Peel.
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 26, John Peel.
  • Beecham's music portfolio. No. 26, John Peel.