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  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.
  • Hydrangea quercifolia W.Bartram Hydrangeaceae. Oak-leaved hydrangea. Distribution: South-eastern United States. Beta-dichroine a quinazolinone also called febrifugine from the leaves of hydrangeas is 64-100 times more potent than quinine as an antimalarial in animals, but extremely toxic. A synthesised tolyl derivative, methaqualone (2-methyl-3-o-tolyl-4(3H)-quinazolinone), was found to be a mild hypnotic, and marketed in the sleeping tablet, Mandrax. Widely abused and quickly banned by most countries. Illegal manufacture continues and in South Africa methaqualone is the commonest drug of abuse, mixed with cannabis and smoked. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad beans, Fava bean. Distribution: N. Africa, SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Fabarum. Of Beans. Of Bean Cods (or Pods as we in Sussex call them) being burned, the ashes are a sovereign remedy for aches in the joints, old bruises, gout and sciaticaes.’ The beans are perfectly edible for the majority, but 1% of Caucasians, predominantly among Greeks, Italians and people from the Eastern Mediterranean regions, have a genetic trait in that they lack the ability to produce the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. As a consequence, eating broad beans or even inhaling the pollen, causes a severe haemolytic anaemia a few days later. This condition is known as favism. The whole plant, including the beans, contains levodopa, a precursor of dopamine, and some patients with Parkinsonism report symptomatic improvement after commencing on a diet that contains these beans regularly. A case of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome (fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, altered consciousness, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels) consequent on abrupt discontinuation of a diet containing plenty of broad beans, has been described in a patient with Parkinsonism. This is usually seen when patients abruptly discontinue L-dopa therapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.
  • A "Hottentot" woman with prominent buttocks. Watercolour painting.
  • Acacia melanoxolon
  • Three girls look at three dead chickens: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.
  • A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.
  • A girl holds a chicken on a plate as a man washes his hands: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.
  • A man advises a girl to hold a hand to her mouth as she sneezes: protecting against avian flu in Kenya. Colour lithograph by UNICEF and Longman, ca. 2000.
  • A man in drag poses wearing delicate attire; curled up on a piece of furniture. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • A man in drag poses wearing delicate attire; curled up on a piece of furniture. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Pyramids at Gîza, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.
  • The city of Jerusalem viewed from the Mount of Olives. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Pyramids at Gîza, seen from the banks of the Nile, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • Remains of the eastern portico of a temple at Baalbec, Lebanon. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1843.
  • Decorated columns under the portico of the temple at Dendera, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.
  • Statue at the temple at Wadi Saboua, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Temple at Philae, Egypt. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1846.
  • A distant view of Jerusalem; some people with camels resting by a pool. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1842.
  • Interior of the temple of Esna, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Ruins at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1847.
  • Ruins of Erment, ancient Hermontis, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.
  • Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem: interior. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1849.
  • Obelisk at Heliopolis, known in the Bible as On, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.