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  • Knepp Castle Stud, West Grinstead, Horsham, Mar. 16th, 1915 : Dear Sirs, Please send me a guinea box of Cupiss' Constitution Balls : [violet card] / Ed. Brown, stud groom to Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart.
  • Knepp Castle Stud, West Grinstead, Horsham, Mar. 16th, 1915 : Dear Sirs, Please send me a guinea box of Cupiss' Constitution Balls : [violet card] / Ed. Brown, stud groom to Sir Merrik Burrell, Bart.
  • Radium, and other radio-active substances : polonium, actinium, and thorium. With a consideration of phosphorescent and fluorescent substances, the properties and applications of selenium, and the treatment of disease by the ultra-violet light / by William J. Hammer.
  • Fleurs odorantes : cueillette des violettes à Parme / Compagnie Liebig.
  • Fleurs odorantes : cueillette des violettes à Parme / Compagnie Liebig.
  • Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae Snowdrop. Hardy, bulbous herb. Distribution: Europe. A chemical, galantamine, is sourced principally from the Caucasian snowdrop, Galanthus woronowii but is present in our ‘English’ snowdrop and related genera. It is a competitive, reversible, acetylcholinesterase inhibitor so increases brain acetylcholine, a chemical of great importance in cerebral function. As such it has been recommended for ameliorating the symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease, but not for mild cognitive impairment as in US clinical trials there was an increased mortality. Johnson (Gerard, 1633) calls it the bulbous violet, Viola theophrasti
  • Actina - The Portable Sun lamp.
  • A salesman selling booklets on self-surgery from a knapsack in the street. Coloured lithograph by C. Philipon, 1829.
  • Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Stachyurus and Pieris. Watercolour, c. 1870.
  • Heart's-ease (Viola tricolor) and germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys): entire flowering plants. Coloured etching by A. Duménil, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.
  • A little boy standing on a stool to brush his teeth at the basin, to emulate his father. Colour lithograph, 1932/1934.
  • Pansies (Viola species): an assortment of flowers an a grassy bank. Chromolithograph by J. Ottman , c. 1872, after V. Dangon.
  • Garden pansies (Viola cultivars): three flowers. Coloured aquatint, c. 1839.
  • A Turk's-cap lily (Lilium martagon), a harebell (Campanula rotundifolia) and a pansy (Viola species): flowering stems. Etching by N. Robert, c. 1660, after himself.
  • Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
  • Flag iris (Iris x germanica): flower and rhizome with some leaves. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Boer War: two aristocratic ladies in the grounds of a large house used as a military hospital at Rondebosch, South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after Duffus Brothers.
  • Iris versicolor (Purple flag)
  • A swelling red flower on a spiky stem; representing feelings of love and joy. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A swelling red flower on a spiky stem; representing feelings of love and joy. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Billy Milton. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Billy Milton. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Salvia Officinalis (Sage)
  • A young woman who is HIV-positive faces the prospect of living with the condition. Colour lithograph after R. Westerwelle, 1994.
  • A young woman who is HIV-positive faces the prospect of living with the condition. Colour lithograph after R. Westerwelle, 1994.
  • Back of a woman with disease and tumour. Watercolour by Mabel Green, 1894.
  • Psittacosis: chlamydia psittaci cell culture
  • St Nicholas' and St Martin's Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey: a naked child, face covered with a cloth beneath a bright lamp. Photograph, c. 1935.
  • Electricity in the Service of Medicine.
  • Damask (Hesperis matronalis L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate floral segments, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.