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  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
  • A married couple, Charles and Julia, quarrel and sit with their backs to one another. Aquatint by C. Hunt, 1853, after T. Onwhyn.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Blood Pills: advertisement. Lithograph, 19--.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Blood Pills: advertisement. Lithograph, 19--.
  • Rudiments of physiology, in three parts. Part I, On life, as manifested in sensation and in thought ... / Edited by Robert Lewins ... with a biographical memoir of the author.
  • True keloid on the chest of a man
  • Eupatorium cannabinum (Hemp agrimony)
  • Female genitalia showing severely diseased tissue and symptoms of ectropia vesicae, with a complete prolapse of the uterus. Watercolour by Christopher D'Alton, ca. 1847.
  • Baldwin's Sarsaparilla and Peruvian Bark: advertisement. Lithograph, 19--.
  • A besotted physician asks his young patient to cure him of his heartache. Coloured lithograph after C. Philipon, c. 1830.
  • Passiflora caerulea (Common Passion flower)
  • Mucous patch on the tongue of a man suffering from secondary syphilis
  • Grindelia intergrifolia (Grindelia)
  • Oenothera macrocarpa Nutt. Onagraceae. Ozark Sundrops, Bigfruit Evening Primrose. Formerly O. missouriensis. Distribution: South central USA. O. macrocarpa does not appear to have been used medicinally, but other species are so used. Austin (2004) records that O. biennis (Evening Primrose) was used by Native Americans as a potherb in West Virginia. Leaves as salad, roots boiled like potato also infusion to treat obesity and relieve piles (Cherokee)
  • Three mouths with variously projecting lips. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • A gouty patient having his pulse taken by a doctor; representing George IV's opposition to Catholic emancipation, and Wellington's support of it. Coloured etching by T. Jones, 1829.
  • Advert for Kerol Disinfectant
  • A man apparently with an STD looking alarmed as he holds up a sheet to cover his genital area; with three further anxious men and women with similar complaints to the right; a warning to seek treatment for STD's by the National AIDS Control Project in New Delhi. Colour lithograph, 1995.
  • Borago officinalis (Borage)
  • Douching : arse facts 2, filling you in / GMFA.
  • Douching : arse facts 2, filling you in / GMFA.
  • Borago officinalis (Borage)
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake)
  • Ingrowing Eyelashes (Trichiasis)
  • Podophyllum hexandrum (Indian mandrake)
  • Podophyllum peltatum (American mandrake). Also known as 'May apple'.