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  • Ferraplex B effective, well-tolerated, oral therapy of iron-deficiency anaemia. 5, Lingula unguis.
  • Ferraplex B effective, well-tolerated, oral therapy of iron-deficiency anaemia. 1, Astacus fluviatilis.
  • Ferraplex B effective, well-tolerated, oral therapy of iron-deficiency anaemia. 5, Lingula unguis.
  • Byno-Haemoglobin : valuable in anaemia, incipient phthisis, and in convalescence, especially of children : January 1905.
  • Byno-Haemoglobin : valuable in incipient phthisis, anaemia and in convalescence, especially of children : September 1910.
  • Byno-Haemoglobin : valuable in anaemia, incipient phthisis, and in convalescence, especially of children : September 1908.
  • Anahaemin B.D.H. : the use of anahaemin in the treatment of pernicious anaemia is economic convenient and reliable.
  • Red blood cells from a person with sickle cell anaemia. These cells are not sickled as there is plenty of oxygen present. For a deoxygenated, sickled comparison see N0024943
  • Cod liver oil cream with hypophosphites and pancreatine : a pleasantly flavoured and easily digested preparation; highly nourishing and strengthening, for delicate children and invalids; and of great value in cases of consumption, asthma, bronchitis, anaemia, coughs and colds, and as a restorative after illness / R. Thomson, chemist, 26 & 28 High Street, Elgin.
  • Cod liver oil cream with hypophosphites and pancreatine : a pleasantly flavoured and easily digested preparation; highly nourishing and strengthening, for delicate children and invalids; and of great value in cases of consumption, asthma, bronchitis, anaemia, coughs and colds, and as a restorative after illness / R. Thomson, chemist, 26 & 28 High Street, Elgin.
  • Combined presentation : Ferraplex B complete haematinic for iron deficiency anaemias.
  • Combined presentation : Ferraplex B complete haematinic for iron deficiency anaemias.
  • Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link Fabaceae. Common broom, Genista. Distribution: Western and central Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Genista. Broom: … clense and open the stomach, break the stone in the reins [kidneys] and bladder, help the green sickness [anaemia]. Let such as are troubled with heart qualms or faintings, forbear it, for it weakens the heart and spirit vital' and in respect of the flowers he writes: 'Broome-flowers, purge water, and are good in dropsies [now regarded as heart failure with fluid retention].' Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Die Anaemie / von P. Ehrlich und A. Lazarus.
  • Die Anaemie / von P. Ehrlich und A. Lazarus.
  • Die Anaemie / von P. Ehrlich und A. Lazarus.
  • Die Anaemie / von P. Ehrlich und A. Lazarus.
  • For the oral treatment of primary and secondary anaemias 'Pulvules' 'Lextron' brand : liver stomach concentrate with ferric iron and Vitamin B Compex.
  • Agrimonia eupatoria L. Agrimony, Eupatorium, Maudlein. Perennial herb. The species name comes from king Mithridates Eupator VI of Pontus (132-63 BC) who took regular doses of poison to develop an immunity to them. A 'Mithridate' was a medicine against poisons. Distribution: N. and S. Africa, N. Asia, Europe. '…provokes urine and the terms [periods], dries the brain, opens stoppings, helps the green sickness [iron deficiency anaemia], and profits such as have a cold weak liver outwardly applied it takes away the hardness of the matrix [=uterus] and fills hollow ulcers with flesh' (Culpeper, 1650). Dioscorides (Beck, 2005) recommends mashed leaves in hog's grease for healing scarring ulcers, and the seed in wine for dysentery and serpent bites. Goodyear's 1655 translation of Dioscorides (Gunther 2000) has this as cannabis, which Parkinson (1640) says is in error and summarises the manifold uses from classical authors, from removing splinters to stopping menorrhagia. 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.
  • Chenopodium bonus-henricus (Goosefoot)
  • Tropaeolum majus (Nasturtium)
  • Phlebotomist taking blood, artwork
  • Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia / J.B. Herrick.
  • Peculiar elongated and sickle-shaped red blood corpuscles in a case of severe anemia / J.B. Herrick.
  • Recete Plastules Hematógenas / Wyeth International Limited.
  • Recete Plastules Hematógenas / Wyeth International Limited.
  • Ferrous-Om, hierro estable en altas dosis con vitaminas ... : Calciocolina, sacaronato de calcio y colina al 22% ... / Laboratorios Om.
  • Ferrous-Om, hierro estable en altas dosis con vitaminas ... : Calciocolina, sacaronato de calcio y colina al 22% ... / Laboratorios Om.
  • A crossword fanatic ringing up a doctor in the middle of the night to find the answer to a clue. Line block after D.L. Ghilchilp, 1925.