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  • Sir Patrick Manson, invesigator of tropical diseases. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.
  • Sir Ronald Ross, C.S. Sherrington, and R.W. Boyce in a laboratory at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Gouache by W.T. Maud, 1899.
  • Sir Ronald Ross, C.S. Sherrington, and R.W. Boyce in a laboratory at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Gouache by W.T. Maud, 1899.
  • A tropical orchid (Aganisia cyanea): flowering plant on a branch. Chromolithograph, c. 1885, after P. de Pannemaeker.
  • A tropical orchid (Catasetum purum): flowering plant. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1834, after S. Drake.
  • A tropical plant (Acokanthera spectabilis): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.
  • A tropical orchid (Masdevallia chimaera): flowering plant and separate flower. Coloured lithograph, c. 1875, after W. Fitch.
  • A tropical orchid (Miltonia spectabilis var. Moreliana): flowering plant. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1863, after himself.
  • Five large cacti and a sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas) in a tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • The male tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
  • The female tropical bedbug (Cimex hemipterus). Pen and ink drawing by A.J.E. Terzi, ca. 1919.
  • A tropical aroid (Philodendron simsii): spadix, spathe and leaf bases. Coloured lithograph, c. 1850, after C. Rosenberg.
  • Singapore: a large bungalow for British officers with tropical plants in the garden. Photograph by J. Taylor, 1880.
  • On the geographical distribution of some tropical diseases and their relation to physical phenomena / by R.W. Felkin.
  • On the geographical distribution of some tropical diseases and their relation to physical phenomena / by R.W. Felkin.
  • A tropical orchid (Oncidium lanceanum): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured etching, c. 1842, after Miss S. A. Drake.
  • A tropical landscape with native chamal plants (Dioon edule). Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855, after P. Stroobant.
  • A tropical orchid (Gongora quinquenervis): flowering stem and leaves. Coloured zincograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
  • A tropical orchid (Dendrobium fimbriatum var. Oculatum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns, c. 1860, after J. Vandamme.
  • Sir James Cantlie (1851-1926), writer on tropical medicine. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • Sir James Cantlie (1851-1926), writer on tropical medicine. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • An ape of the genus hylobates syndactyla standing before a tropical scenery. Coloured etching by W. H. Lizars.
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • 'Banocide' : Bancroftian filariasis, Malayan filariasis, loiasis, tropical eosinophilia, onchocerciasis / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).
  • Sir James Cantlie (1851-1926), writer on tropical medicine. Oil painting by Harry Herman Salomon after a photograph.
  • Brillantaisia ulugurica Lindau, Acanthaceae. Giant salvia. Tropical herbaceous plant. Distribution: Tropical Africa. Brillantaisia patula is used by the Yoruba in south Nigeria for small-pox medication, the roots being mixed with Bahia nitida and Marantolchloa leucantha, Piper guineense and snails. This is made into a soup and the snail piece eaten to protect against smallpox for a year (Neuwinger, 1994) which doubtless was effective after the global eradication of smallpox in 1979. Brillantaisia nitens is used in the Cameroons to treat cardiovascular disorders. Phytochemical screening of Brillantaisia species have shown antibacterial action, vascular smooth muscle relaxant properties. Kew reports their use as soap