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  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that a pigstye situate at Studley, in the Parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mrs. Eliza Chivers, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with SWINE FEVER, and that the limits of such pigstye are the limits of such infected place... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Patterdown Farm, in the parish of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Mr. William Dew, which by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, was, on the 27th day of November, 1884 ordered, determined, and declared to be a place INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER, is now by the said local authority to be free from swine fever / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : swine fever order, 1879 : notice is hereby given that the farm premises, called Gate Farm, in the parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Carpenter, are by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be places INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Veterinary embrocation for the field, farm, kennel and stable.
  • Veterinary embrocation for the field, farm, kennel and stable.
  • Concentrated sheep dip : labelled poison by the new pharmacy regulations and containing not less than 25 per cent of phenols : directions for use...
  • Treatment of worms in animals in Kenya. Colour lithograph, ca. 2000.
  • The path of infection of plague from rats via fleas to man. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Various insects, serpents and multi-legged animals below a row of leaves with flowers; an image from a graphic Illustration competition by Etchepareborda François by the Groupe SIDA Genève. Colour lithograph.
  • A frog representing 'tu' [you] clings on to the wide-open jaws of a small crocodile representing 'el SIDA' [AIDS]; with numerous surrounding AIDS-related messages in Spanish and English; an advertisement by the C.I.A.S. (Comité Independiente Anti-SIDI. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Rabies: the danger of importing cats, mice, dogs and rabbits into the British Isles. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.
  • Basic care of cats and kittens / The Cats Protection League.
  • Ovum for eggs : Ovum ensures healthy poultry / [J. Thorley Ltd.]
  • Rules of the County of Stafford Association for Protection Against Loss by the Cattle Plague : established September 1865.
  • Rules of the County of Stafford Association for Protection Against Loss by the Cattle Plague : established September 1865.
  • Rules of the County of Stafford Association for Protection Against Loss by the Cattle Plague : established September 1865.
  • Winter sheep dipping : Facts! Facts!! Facts!!! : useful to farmers in Scotland and the north of England... / Quibell Brothers.
  • Ovum for eggs : Ovum ensures healthy poultry / [J. Thorley Ltd.]
  • Kunosal : new tonic treatment for dogs... / John Bell & Croyden (Savory & Moore Ltd.).
  • Basic care of cats and kittens / The Cats Protection League.
  • A shark's fin protruding out of a blue ocean with the words 'AIDS' above representing the dangers of AIDS; an advertisement to mark the centenary of the Danish AIDS Information system in Fyn. Colour lithograph, ca. 1995.
  • A doctor administers an enema to a dog; other bandaged animals sit nearby. Coloured lithograph by C. Jacque, c. 1843.
  • Saint Leonard. Engraving by J. Nowohradsky.
  • Poison : for the destruction of maggots in sheep and lambs : the contents of this bottle to be mixed with one gallon of whey / from Fowke & Aston.
  • Worm & condition powder : for horses.
  • A rat caught in a trap; victim to man's efforts to stem the spread of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Scientists experimenting with rats to investigate the plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • A child with diarrhoea, malnutrition and vector related disease and means of prevention: The Disaster Risk Reduction Project in Kenya. Colour lithograph by P. Wambu, ca. 2000.