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  • Dr. Willis's Practice of physick, being the whole works of that renowned and famous physician: containing these eleven several treatises, viz. I. Of fermentation. II. Of feavers. III. Of urines. IV. Of the accension of the blood. V. Of musculary motion. VI. Of the anatomy of the brain. VII. Of the description and use of the nerves. VIII. Of convulsive diseases. IX. Pharmaceutice rationalis, the first and second part. X. Of the scurvy. XI. Two discourses concerning the soul of brutes. Wherein most of the diseases belonging to the body of man are treated of, with excellent methods and receipts for the cure of the same. Fitted to the meanest capacity by an index for the explaining of all the hard and unusual words and terms of art derived from the Greek, Latine, or other languages for the benefit of the English reader. With forty copper plates / The Pharmaceutice new translated [as also the remainder, by Samuel Pordage], and the whole carefully corrected. And amended.
  • Dr. Willis's Practice of physick, being the whole works of that renowned and famous physician: containing these eleven several treatises, viz. I. Of fermentation. II. Of feavers. III. Of urines. IV. Of the accension of the blood. V. Of musculary motion. VI. Of the anatomy of the brain. VII. Of the description and use of the nerves. VIII. Of convulsive diseases. IX. Pharmaceutice rationalis, the first and second part. X. Of the scurvy. XI. Two discourses concerning the soul of brutes. Wherein most of the diseases belonging to the body of man are treated of, with excellent methods and receipts for the cure of the same. Fitted to the meanest capacity by an index for the explaining of all the hard and unusual words and terms of art derived from the Greek, Latine, or other languages for the benefit of the English reader. With forty copper plates / The Pharmaceutice new translated [as also the remainder, by Samuel Pordage], and the whole carefully corrected. And amended.
  • Atropa belladonna L. Solanaceae. Deadly nightshade. Dwale. Morella, Solatrum, Hound's berries, Uva lupina, Cucubalus, Solanum lethale. Atropa derives from Atropos the oldest of the three Fates of Greek mythology who cut the thread of Life (her sisters Clotho and Lachesis spun and measured the thread, respectively). belladonna, literally, means 'beautiful lady' and was the Italian name for it. Folklore has it that Italian ladies put drops from the plant or the fruits in their eyes to make themselves doe-eyed, myopic and beautiful. However, this is not supported by the 16th and 17th century literature, where no mention is ever made of dilated pupils (or any of the effects of parasympathetic blockade). Tournefort (1719) says 'The Italians named this plant Belladonna, which in their language signifies a beautiful woman, because the ladies use it much in the composition of their Fucus [rouge or deceit or cosmetic] or face paint.' Parkinson says that the Italian ladies use the distilled juice as a fucus '... peradventure [perhaps] to take away their high colour and make them looke paler.' I think it more likely that they absorbed atropine through their skin and were slightly 'stoned' and disinhibited, which made them beautiful ladies in the eyes of Italian males. Distribution: Europe, North Africa, western Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Solanum. Nightshade: very cold and dry, binding … dangerous given inwardly … outwardly it helps the shingles, St Antonie's Fire [erysipelas] and other hot inflammation.' Most of the 16th, 17th and 18th century herbals recommend it topically for breast cancers. Poisonous plants were regarded as 'cold' plants as an excess of them caused death and the body became cold. They were regarded as opposing the hot humour which kept us warm and alive. Poultices of Belladonna leaves are still recommended for muscle strain in cyclists, by herbalists. Gerard (1633) writes that it: 'causeth sleep, troubleth the mind, bringeth madnesse if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be taken they also kill...'. He was also aware that the alkaloids could be absorbed through the skin for he notes that a poultice of the leaves applied to the forehead, induces sleep, and relieves headache. The whole plant contains the anticholinergic alkaloid atropine, which blocks the peripheral actions of acetylcholine in the parasympathetic nervous system. Atropine is a racemic mixture of d- and l- hyoscyamine. Atropine, dropped into the eyes, blocks the acetylcholine receptors of the pupil so it no longer constricts on exposure to bright light - so enabling an ophthalmologist to examine the retina with an ophthalmoscope. Atropine speeds up the heart rate, reduces salivation and sweating, reduces gut motility, inhibits the vertigo of sea sickness, and is used to block the acetylcholine receptors to prevent the effects of organophosphorous and other nerve gas poisons. It is still has important uses in medicine. Atropine poisoning takes three or for days to wear off, and the hallucinations experienced by its use are described as unpleasant. We have to be content with 'madness', 'frenzie' and 'idle and vain imaginations' in the early herbals to describe the hallucinations of atropine and related alkaloids as the word 'hallucination' in the sense of a perception for which there is no external stimulus, was not used in English until 1646 (Sir T. Browne, 1646). It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be sold in premises which are registered pharmacies and by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A Scottish doctor informing a northen farmer of the perils of consulting a southern doctor including recommending red wine rather than whiskey. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1885.
  • A doctor reprimanding the drunkenness of the village grave-digger, who retorts that he does not criticise the doctor for his mistakes - which he has to bury. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1879.
  • A father puts his arm around his son who reads a book while a mother holding a cup comforts her daughter; an AIDS prevention advertisement aimed at families for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. March 1994.
  • Pekon, Myanmar (Burma): eleven Padaung people, including four who wear neck-rings to lengthen the neck. Photograph, 19--.
  • A nurse advising a couple about family planning options in Nigeria. Colour lithograph by Staywell Foundation, ca. 2000.
  • A youth wearing a tie with his jacket slung over his shoulder with the statement 'I learnt about AIDS in school'; an AIDS prevention advertisement for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. March 1994.
  • A dripping blood droplet against a yellow background representing an advertisement for blood banks as part of the AIDS prevention scheme by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. 1994.
  • The phrenologist Gall examines the heads of two young society people. Coloured line engraving.
  • An old woman and a visitor in a living room, and two old men in a garden; representing the need for care of elderly people in Wales. Colour lithograph, ca. 1960.
  • The Fasciculo di medicina, Venice, 1493 / with an introduction etc., by Charles Singer.
  • The Fasciculo di medicina, Venice, 1493 / with an introduction etc., by Charles Singer.
  • The Fasciculo di medicina, Venice, 1493 / with an introduction etc., by Charles Singer.
  • A message about how AIDS spreads with the word 'AIDS' in letters with red blood vessel-like roots; an AIDS prevention advertisement for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. December 1993.
  • A message about how AIDS spreads with the word 'AIDS' in letters with red blood vessel-like roots; an AIDS prevention advertisement for the NGO AIDS Cell Centre for Community Medicine in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, ca. December 1993.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • A drunken man beating his wife while the children try to stop him; a warning against the effects of alcohol. Lithograph.
  • Japan: a pair of mandarin ducks. Woodcut after Sessai, 1872.
  • A sunflower, a symbol of bringing life back by giving blood; an AIDS prevention advertisement by the AIIMS Blood Transfusion Service and NGO AIDS Cell, New Delhi. Colour lithograph by N.R. Nanda, ca. January 1994.
  • AIDS : a worldwide effort will stop it / World Health Organization Special Programme on AIDS ; Milton Glaser.
  • SIDA : un esfuerzo mundial lo vincerá / World Health Organization Special Programme on AIDS ; Milton Glaser.
  • SIDA : un effort mondial le vaincra / World Health Organization Special Programme on AIDS ; Milton Glaser.
  • A couple just married outside a church, a butterfly emblem symbolising a Hindu wedding, and a mosque with a prayer book and two bearded men with the warning of no sex before or outside marriage; an AIDS prevention advertisement for families by GAP-SIRMCE. Colour lithograph, ca. 1996.
  • Dear sir, we have the honour to inform you that we are the sole agents for the anti-diphtheric serium (Roux-Behring system) prepared by Doctor Villejean ...
  • Dear sir, we have the honour to inform you that we are the sole agents for the anti-diphtheric serium (Roux-Behring system) prepared by Doctor Villejean ...
  • Dear sir, we have the honour to inform you that we are the sole agents for the anti-diphtheric serium (Roux-Behring system) prepared by Doctor Villejean ...
  • Dear sir, we have the honour to inform you that we are the sole agents for the anti-diphtheric serium (Roux-Behring system) prepared by Doctor Villejean ...