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  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Yeast
  • Helleborus x hybridus Hort. Ex Vilmorin Ranunculaceae. A range of hybrids from Helleborus orientalis the Oriental hellebore. Distribution: Europe through to the Caucasus. All very poisonous. Culpeper (1650) says: “The roots (boiled in vinegar) ... be an admirable remedy against inveterate scabs, itch and leprosy, the same helps the toothache, being held in the mouth: dropped into the ears, helpeth deafness coming of melancholy and noises in the ears
  • Findus lean cuisine / Findus.
  • Findus lean cuisine / Findus.
  • Helleborus x hybridus Hort. Ex Vilmorin Ranunculaceae. A range of hybrids from Helleborus orientalis the Oriental hellebore. Distribution: Europe through to the Caucasus. All very poisonous. Culpeper (1650) says: “The roots (boiled in vinegar) ... be an admirable remedy against inveterate scabs, itch and leprosy, the same helps the toothache, being held in the mouth
  • Chinese Materia Dietetica, Ming: Cooking-liquid water
  • Chinese woodcut, dietary prohibitions during medication
  • Restaurant Express : la cuisine : ask for your free menu booklet.
  • Restaurant Express : la cuisine : ask for your free menu booklet.
  • Restaurant Express : la cuisine : ask for your free menu booklet.
  • Restaurant Express : la cuisine : ask for your free menu booklet.
  • Voedingsmiddelen voor houders van inlegeven GA 401 : 11e en 12e periode 1944 (1 October - 25 November) : Bonkaart KD 411-412 : Land.
  • Bacterial toxin in the intestine of a child
  • A noted shamisen teacher playing to assembled pupils, some of whom follow with scores, while others relax on the floor. Colour woodcut triptych by Yoshitora, 1866.
  • Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM
  • Artificial sweetener saccharin crystals, LM
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • The Eagle simulator for training anaesthesia students at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London. Etching with lithograph by Virgina Powell, 2000.
  • Mamma's favorites : Heinz peanut butter : a new and delicious addition to "The 57 varieties" / H.J. Heinz Company.
  • Mamma's favorites : Heinz peanut butter : a new and delicious addition to "The 57 varieties" / H.J. Heinz Company.
  • Emma Page, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • Emma Page, a patient at the West Riding Lunatic Asylum, Wakefield, Yorkshire. Photograph attributed to James Crichton-Browne, 1873.
  • Nepal; Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur, 1986
  • Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 26.
  • Calendula officinalis L. Asteraceae. Pot marigold, common marigold, ruds or ruddles. Calendula, because it was said to flower most commonly at the first of each month - the 'calends' (Coles, 1657). officinalis indicates that it was used in the 'offices' - the clinics - of the monks in medieval times. Annual herb. Distribution: Southern Europe. The Doctrine of Signatures, indicated that as the flowers resembled the pupil of the eye (along with Arnica, Inula and the ox-eye daisy), it was good for eye disorders (Porta, 1588). Coles (1658) writes '... the distilled water ... helpeth red and watery eyes, being washed therewith, which it does by Signature, as Crollius saith'. Culpeper writes: [recommending the leaves] '... loosen the belly, the juice held in the mouth helps the toothache and takes away any inflammation, or hot swelling being bathed with it mixed with a little vinegar.' The petals are used as a saffron substitute - ‘formerly much employed as a carminative
  • Health and dietary care for cats & kittens / Pedigree Petfoods.
  • Health and dietary care for cats & kittens / Pedigree Petfoods.
  • Health and dietary care for cats & kittens / Pedigree Petfoods.
  • Health and dietary care for cats & kittens / Pedigree Petfoods.
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