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  • For comprehensive treatment of depression and anxiety Triptafen-Minor Triptafen-DA Triptafen-Forte : West India Dock.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching after R. Newton, 1795.
  • For comprehensive treatment of depression and anxiety Triptafen-DA and Triptafen-Minor : King William Street and St. Mary Woolnoth.
  • For comprehensive treatment of depression and anxiety Triptafen-DA and Triptafen-Minor : King William Street and St. Mary Woolnoth.
  • A man suffering from attack by blue devils; representing depression or mental illness. Coloured etching R. Newton, 1795, after himself.
  • Five pm and she still hasn't started : Five pm and she still hasn't started because of depression : 'Aventyl'.
  • Five pm and she still hasn't started : Five pm and she still hasn't started because of depression : 'Aventyl'.
  • John Bull shaking the hand of a sick man; referring to Wellington's illness and depression due to political strain. Coloured lithograph by J. Doyle, 1831.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Dexten' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine) : one morning dose for day-long appetite control for day-long relief of depression or fatigue / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Brain drain? : depression, mood swings, risk-taking, mid-week blues, rage, lethargy, low self-esteem, neglect, emotional... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • 'Barbidex' : 'ionexten' brand oral depot tablets (resin-bonded dexamphetamine plus resin-bonded amylobarbitone) : one morning dose for day-long relief of anxiety & depression, for day-long appetite control / Clinical Products Ltd.
  • Rhodiola rosea L. Crassulaceae Golden root, roseroot Distribution: Arctic, Eastern North America, mountains of central Asia. Herbalists regard it as having curative properties for diseases as diverse as cancer, influenza, depression and other conditions. It has not been licensed for use in manufactured herbal medicines in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Bronze grinding slab with five semi-circular depressions
  • Liver with depressions caused by beaded ribs caused by rickets
  • T'en parles à ton médecin? : sexualité, performance, VIH & IST, devenir parent, estime de soi, homophobie, dépression, dépendances, plaisir, santé anale, gynéco, coming-out, rapports forcés, anxiété, solitude, apparence / The Warning, VIH et santé gaie.
  • T'en parles à ton médecin? : sexualité, performance, VIH & IST, devenir parent, estime de soi, homophobie, dépression, dépendances, plaisir, santé anale, gynéco, coming-out, rapports forcés, anxiété, solitude, apparence / The Warning, VIH et santé gaie.
  • Liver with depressions on its surface caused by beading of the ribs due to rickets
  • Left profile of a head showing depressed frontal lobes. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Child's head with large temporal lobes and depressed frontal lobe. Drawing, c. 1900.
  • Santa Barbara Mission, California : stimulates centrally depressed respiration and circulation : Coramine.
  • Child's head with depressed fracture of the parietal bone and subsequently a hernia cerebri
  • Child's head with depressed fracture of the parietal bone and subsequently a hernia cerebri
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A depressed scholar surrounded by mythological figures; representing the melancholy temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler, ca. 1750.