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  • A wine-grower squirts sulphur on his crop. Pen and ink drawing by G. Ri.
  • Betr.: Calcium glyc. phosporic.
  • Betr.: Calcium glyc. phosporic.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Dragons and griffins around a lone flowering tree in a landscape on the outskirts of a town; representing a stage in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • An oesophagus, stomach and duodenum after death from drinking sulphuric acid. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.
  • Sulphur Baths, Uritzino, Japan: panoramic view. Coloured lithograph by Hanhart after C. Wirgman.
  • An alchemist copying a text, surrounded by apparatus, attended by his dog. Wood engraving.
  • The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • The Bog Gardens Sulphur Well, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Process print by A. Schuler.
  • Les Eaux-Chaudes, Pyrénées, France. Lithograph by J. Jacottet.
  • Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A three headed monster in an alchemical flask, representing the composition of the alchemical philosopher's stone: salt, sulphur, and mercury. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Azufide : azufre en estado coloidal inyectable / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.
  • Azufide : azufre en estado coloidal inyectable / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.