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  • The journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics.
  • Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, Bt., writer on pharmacology and therapeutics. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.
  • Third examination - December 2, 1943 : pharmacology and therapeutics, toxicology, pharmacy / Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; examiners: R.A.S. Coulter, W.J. Ironside.
  • Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Ranunculaceae Winter Aconite Distribution: Europe. The reason it was called Winter aconite and linked to Aconitum napellus as being just as poisonous is because plants were classified according to leaf shape in the 16th century. L'Obel's Stirpium adversaria nova (1571) and Plantarum seu stirpium historia (1576) (with a full page illustration on page 384 showing Eranthis and Aconitum together) along with the knowledge that related plants have similar medical properties caused the belief that Eranthis are as poisonous as Aconitum. They are both in Ranunculaceae and while Eranthis (like all Ranunculaceae)is toxic if eaten, it does not contain the same chemicals as Aconitum. Caesalpino (Ekphrasis, 1616) pointed out the error in classifying according to leaf shape and recommended flower shape. It contains pharmacologically interesting chemicals such as khellin, also present in Ammi visnaga. This is a vasodilator but quite toxic, but can be converted into khellin analogues such as sodium cromoglicate – used as a prophylaxis against asthma attacks – and amiodarone which has anti-arrhythmia actions so is used for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. It is endangered and protected in the wild (Croatia) because of over-collecting for horticulture. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eranthis hyemalis Salisb. Ranunculaceae Winter Aconite Distribution: Europe. The reason it was called Winter aconite and linked to Aconitum napellus as being just as poisonous is because plants were classified according to leaf shape in the 16th century. L'Obel's 'Stirpium adversaria nova' published in 1571 and 'Plantarum seu stirpium historia' published 1576 (with a full page illustration on page 384 showing Eranthis and Aconitum together) along with the knowledge that related plants have similar medical properties caused the belief that Eranthis are as poisonous as Aconitum. They are both in Ranunculaceae and while Eranthis (like all Ranunculaceae) is toxic if eaten, it does not contain the same chemicals as Aconitum. Caesalpino (Ekphrasis, 1616) pointed out the error in classifying according to leaf shape and recommended flower shape. It contains pharmacologically interesting chemicals such as khellin, also present in Ammi visnaga. This is a vasodilator but quite toxic, which can be converted into khellin analogues such as sodium cromoglicate – used as a prophylaxis against asthma attacks – and amiodarone which has anti-arrhythmia actions so is used for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. It is endangered and protected in the wild (Croatia) because of over-collecting for horticulture. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Vorlesungen über Pharmakologie für Ärzte und Studirende / von C. Binz.
  • Vorlesungen über Pharmakologie für Ärzte und Studirende / von C. Binz.
  • Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie.
  • Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.
  • Archiv für experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.
  • Du hachisch et de l'aliénation mentale. Études psychologiques / Par J. Moreau (de Tours).
  • Exhibition: 'Story of Pharmacy', 1955-56.
  • Medicine in 1850 Exhibition, 1950
  • Wellcome Exhibition: The History of Pharmacy.
  • Guidelines for the management of acute paracetamol overdose in Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by DACA, ca. 2000.
  • John Jacob Abel.
  • Neurone development, artwork
  • Chinese manuscript Ch'ung-chien Erh-ju-t'ang Ch'un-fang
  • Neurones connecting, artwork
  • Louis Cobbett and Alfred Clark in the Pathology Department of Cambridge University. Copy photograph, ca. 1960 after the original photograph, ca. 1905 (?).
  • Letter from Daniel Hanbury to Alfred Russel Wallace.
  • Letter from Daniel Hanbury to Alfred Russel Wallace.
  • Louis Cobbett injecting a hamster with anti-toxin in the Pathology Department of Cambridge University, assisted by Alfred Clark. Copy photograph, ca. 1960 after the original photograph, ca. 1905 (?).
  • The lancet.
  • The lancet.
  • The lancet.
  • The lancet.
  • Addiction and reward pathways in the brain, artwork
  • Neuronal synapse, artwork
  • Dianella tasmanica Hook.f. Phormiaceae Tasman flax lily. Distribution: Australia. A pretty plant, but also a source of fine fibre. The leaves are used for making baskets and the berries as a dye source. No medicinal use found, but the fruit is an irritant