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  • Acanthus dioscoridis L. Acanthaceae. Distribution: Iran, Iraq, southern Turkey. Herbaceous perennial flowering plant. Named for Pedanius Dioscorides of Anazarbus, 1st century Greek physician and herbalist whose book, De Materia Medica, was the main source of herbal medicinal information for the next 1,600 years. He describes some 500 plants and their medicinal properties. His manuscript was copied and annotated over the centuries, and the earliest Greek text in existence is the illustrated Juliana Anicia Codex dated 512CE (Beck, 2005). The first English translation was made around 1650 by John Goodyear and published by Robert T. Gunther in 1934
  • Four diagrams illustrating how to put on a condom with a message: "rest assured, the first time [of having sex] is as simple as reading a book"; advertisement for the Fil Santé Jeunes, Ecoute Gaie and SIDA Info Service by the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de l'Assurance Maladie. Colour lithograph.
  • The book of the feet, a history of boots and shoes. With illustrations of the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks and Romans, and the prevailing style throughout Europe during the Middle Ages down to the present period; Also hints to last makers and remedies for corns, etc., etc / J. Sparkes Hall.
  • The book of the feet, a history of boots and shoes. With illustrations of the fashions of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Persians, Greeks and Romans, and the prevailing style throughout Europe during the Middle Ages down to the present period; Also hints to last makers and remedies for corns, etc., etc / J. Sparkes Hall.
  • Fuchsia magellanica Lam. Onagraceae. Hardy fuchsia. Semi-hardy shrub. Distribution: Mountainous regions of Chile and Argentina where they are called 'Chilco' by the indigenous people, the Mapuche. The genus was discovered by Charles Plumier in Hispaniola in 1696/7, and named by him for Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), German Professor of Medicine, whose illustrated herbal, De Historia Stirpium (1542) attempted the identification of the plants in the Classical herbals. It also contained the first accounts of maize, Zea mays, and chilli peppers, Capsicum annuum, then recently introduced from Latin America. He was also the first person to publish an account and woodcuts of foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea and D. lutea. The book contains 500 descriptions and woodcuts of medicinal plants, arranged in alphabetical order, and relied heavily on the De Materia Medica (c. AD 70) of Dioscorides. He was a powerful influence on the herbals of Dodoens, and thence to Gerard, L’Escluse and Henry Lyte. A small quarto edition appeared in 1551, and a two volume facsimile of the 1542 edition with commentary and selected translations from the Latin was published by Stanford Press in 1999. The original woodcuts were passed from printer to printer and continued in use for 232 years (Schinz, 1774). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Four hundred humorous illustrations / by George Cruikshank ; with portrait and biographical sketch.
  • History and bibliography of anatomic illustration / by Ludwig Choulant ; translated and annotated by Mortimer Frank ; further essays by Fielding H. Garrison, Mortimer Frank, Edward C. Streeter ; with a new historical essay by Charles Singer, and a bibliography of Mortimer Frank, by J. Christian Bay.
  • Chinese woodcut: Breast tumour
  • Chinese woodcut: Shingles and other itchy rashes
  • The Yellow Emperor transmits medical books to Lei Gong
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: White laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Pale red laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Pale red pharyngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Double-sided pharyngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: White tonsillitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: White pharyngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Alcohol-poisoning laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Galloping pharyngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Light white throat abscess
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: One-sided pharyngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: One-sided throat abscess
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Deficiency-putrefaction laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Abscess on the tongu
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Alcohol-poisoning laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Lung-cold laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Laryngitis extending to the tongue
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Over-exertion laryngitis
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Inflammation of the throat
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Swollen-putrid throat abscess
  • C18 Chinese woodcut: Deficiency-type hoarseness