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  • Seven leaves of different forms, including dandelion, rose, poppy, nasturtium and potato. Chromolithograph by H.J. Ruprecht, 1877.
  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana): flowering stem with caterpillar and insect. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1798, after J. Ihle.
  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Précautions en cas d'usage du poppers ... : en cas d'usage, utiler avec modération / ENIPSE, Équipe nationale d'intervention en prévention et santé pour les entreprises.
  • Précautions en cas d'usage du poppers ... : en cas d'usage, utiler avec modération / ENIPSE, Équipe nationale d'intervention en prévention et santé pour les entreprises.
  • A Christmas rose (Helleborus niger), a poppy (Papaver species) and borage (Borago officinalis): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Anatomy, nursing and botany; top, arteries of the breast; bottom left, poppy; bottom right, man with bandaged head and arm. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Japanese masks: six masks, including two representing a dog and a demon, with an old man shown to their left. Colour woodcut with pop-up flaps on strings, 1860/1920?.
  • Japanese masks: six masks, including two representing a dog and a demon, with an old man shown to their left. Colour woodcut with pop-up flaps on strings, 1860/1920?.
  • Thursday I'm in love : apero pop rock inde chaque 1er jeudi du mois, 19h30/22h30 : La Mutinerie, 176 rue St. Martin ... / Popingays.
  • Thursday I'm in love : apero pop rock inde chaque 1er jeudi du mois, 19h30/22h30 : La Mutinerie, 176 rue St. Martin ... / Popingays.
  • Dear Janet, Thank you for your support in coming to our charity 'Pop art night' at the Royal Academy on the 19th of November, we do hope you enjoyed the evening : please find enclosed a list of forthcoming benefits ... / Jason Clapperton, Events Co-Ordinator.
  • "Shaken or stirred?" : a dab of speed to give E a kick, some champagne to wash down the cocaine, a snort of poppers to take you to a higher high... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • "Shaken or stirred?" : a dab of speed to give E a kick, some champagne to wash down the cocaine, a snort of poppers to take you to a higher high... / Camden & Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust ; designed by Eureka! Graphic Design Limited.
  • Glaucium flavum Crantz Papaveraceae Yellow horned poppy. Distribution: North Africa, Western Asia to Europe. Contains glaucine which is toxic but in small doses may be bronchodilator. As Papaver corniculatum luteum it was known to Parkinson (1640) who reports it as bitter, so advises taking it in honey, as a purgative and analgesic
  • Eschscholzia californica Cham. Papaveraceae. Californian poppy. Named for German botanist and physician, Johan Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793-1831). Distribution: North America. Official state flower of California. Contains berberine, considered a potential source for many new medicines, and numerous alkaloids some of which may have mild anxiolytic activity. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Papaver somniferum seed
  • A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
  • The implements used by Mr. Young in his experiments to collect opium in Scotland. Engraving by A. W. Warren, c. 1819, after W. Newton.
  • Iodatol : brand of iodised oil B.P. : the ideal contrast medium for x-ray diagnosis.
  • A plant (Glaucium sp.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Stop AIDS campaign poster
  • Stop AIDS campaign poster
  • Seven plants, including an orchid, a paeony and a toadflax: flowering stems. Coloured etching, c. 1834.
  • Aesculapius and other ancients are presented with exotic materia medica from the far east, which are turned into medicines in a pharmaceutical elaboratory. Oil painting by Johannes Prey, 1791.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Stop AIDS campaign poster
  • Archiginnasio, Bologna: the anatomy theatre. Photograph by Fotografia dell'Emilia, 19---.
  • Archiginnasio, Bologna: the anatomy theatre. Photograph by Fotografia dell'Emilia, 19---.