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  • Cuando el dolor ataca prescriba Percodan tabletas para una potente acción analgésica por vía oral ... : Terapia anticoagulante a largo plazo, mayor supervivencia, Coumadin /cLaboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • Cuando el dolor ataca prescriba Percodan tabletas para una potente acción analgésica por vía oral ... : Terapia anticoagulante a largo plazo, mayor supervivencia, Coumadin /cLaboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • Basta una tableta de: Sistral, tabletas, alertante y psicoenergetico : Hace una sola cosa y la hace bien... los cerillos prducen flamas, el Hycodan alivia la tos / Laboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • Basta una tableta de: Sistral, tabletas, alertante y psicoenergetico : Hace una sola cosa y la hace bien... los cerillos prducen flamas, el Hycodan alivia la tos / Laboratorios Endo de Mexico, S.A.
  • A hand holding 3 playing cards bearing the numbers '14', '12' and '5' within a horizontal chequered border representing an advertisement for an AIDS Helpline in Mexico. Colour lithograph by Carlos Gayou, ca. 1997.
  • A lit candle stiched together representing an advertisement for an exhibition of The Names Project to commemorate those who have died from AIDS between 20 and 23 November 1990 in Mexico. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • Festavital, enzimas pancreáticas, vitaminas, minerales y factores lipotrópicos .. : Para un largo camino la mejor compañia, Rastinon "Hoechst" : el antidiabético oral de relación óptima ... / Hoechst AG ; representantes: Quimica Hoechst de Mexico, S.A.
  • Festavital, enzimas pancreáticas, vitaminas, minerales y factores lipotrópicos .. : Para un largo camino la mejor compañia, Rastinon "Hoechst" : el antidiabético oral de relación óptima ... / Hoechst AG ; representantes: Quimica Hoechst de Mexico, S.A.
  • Viceregal decree : prohibiting the extraction of papers, documents, and books from archives and libraries, and their sale to biscuit-makers, rocket-makers, apothecaries, shopkeepers, and the like, for consumption in their trades : Mexico City, December 10, 1799 / Miguel Joseph de Azanza.
  • Viceregal decree : prohibiting the extraction of papers, documents, and books from archives and libraries, and their sale to biscuit-makers, rocket-makers, apothecaries, shopkeepers, and the like, for consumption in their trades : Mexico City, December 10, 1799 / Miguel Joseph de Azanza.
  • A hand holding 3 playing cards bearing the numbers '14', '12' and '5' within a horizontal chequered border on white; with a warning not to be frightened by false rumours about AIDS; an advertisement for an AIDS Helpline in Mexico. Colour lithograph by Carlos Gayou, ca. 1997.
  • Festavital, el primer polivitamínico con minerales, factores lipotrópicos y enimas pancreáticas ... : Festal, el enzimático-digestivo en grageas con capa entérica : Para un largo camino... la mejor compañia, Rastinon "Hoechst" : el antidiabético oral de relación óptima ... / Hoechst AG ; representantes: Quimica Hoechst de Mexico, S.A.
  • Festavital, el primer polivitamínico con minerales, factores lipotrópicos y enimas pancreáticas ... : Festal, el enzimático-digestivo en grageas con capa entérica : Para un largo camino... la mejor compañia, Rastinon "Hoechst" : el antidiabético oral de relación óptima ... / Hoechst AG ; representantes: Quimica Hoechst de Mexico, S.A.
  • Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae Sun flower Distribution: Peru to Mexico. The seeds are a source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat which as part of one's diet is given to reduce coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease, but recently a study has found an increased death rate (BMJ2013
  • Numerous faces, hands and a foetus merging together in an illustration by Juan Sebastián Barberá; with a black border bearing the logos of supporting companies; an advertisement for communal responsibility to mark World AIDS Day on 1st December 1995 in Mexico. Colour lithograph by Gerardo Aguilar and Patricia R. Esteban Palacios, 1995.
  • Cucurbita pepo L., Cucurbitaceae. Distribution: Mexico (extinct) This species is one of the oldest cultivated plants, first grown 11,000 years ago in Mexico, but extinct in the wild. Varieties are selectively bred for their taste, colour and shape. The seeds, ground to a powder are used to kill intestinal tape-worms (Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). This is a 200-year-old cultivar whose seed has been conserved by the Amish of Pennsylvania, USA. The rind is very thick, but the taste is delicious. This is a 200-year-old cultivar whose seed has been conserved by the Amish of Pennsylvania, USA. The rind is very thick, but the taste is delicious. Seeds approved for use in making herbal medicines in the UK (Herbal Medicine legislation 2013) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Devocion, que el dia ocho de cada mes se reza en la iglesia de la Ssma. Trinidad de la ciudad de Mexico : en reverencia de el gran padre de los prbres, y glorioso patriarcha S. Juan de Dios con el fin de pedirle nos libre á todos del mal de la demencia ... / dispusola, y la saca â luz un sacerdote de el Colegio de San Pedro, devoto de el Santo.
  • Escudo de armas de Mexico : celestial proteccion de esta nobilissima ciudad, de la Nueva-Espana, y de casi todo el nuevo mundo, Maria Santissima en su portentosa imagen del Mexicano Guadalupe, milagrosamente apparecida en el palacio arzobispal el año de 1531, y jurada su principal patrona el passado de 1737, en la angustia que ocasiono la pestilencia / Describiala de orden ... del ilustrissimo, y excelentissimo señor dr. d. Juan Antonio de Vizarron, y Eguiarreta ... d. Cayetano de Cabrera, y Quintero ... a expensas, y solicitude de esta nobilissima ciudad.
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library; in the Borgian Museum at Rome; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts / by Lord Kingsborough; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • Abelia x grandiflora R.Br. Caprifoliaceae. Distribution (A. chinensis R.Br. × A. uniflora R.Br.). Mexico, Himalayas to Eastern Asia. Ornamental flowering shrub. The name celebrates the short life of Dr Clarke Abel FRS (1789-1826), one of the first European botanists to collect in China, which he did when attached as physician to the Canton embassy in 1816-17. It has no medicinal uses but is a popular ornamental shrub in the honeysuckle family because it attracts butterflies and has a long flowering period. From June to October it produces a profusion of small, fragrant, pink-flushed, white flowers on long, arching branches. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Catálogo de los Colegiales del insigne, viejo y mayor de Santa María de Todos Santos, que el Illmô. señor Dr. don Francisco Rodriguez Santos ... fundó en México á 15 de Agosto de 1573 años, con una breve noticia del orígen y fundacion del Colegio, y de los empleos honoríficos que cada uno de sus individuos ha obtenido hasta la presente / [Juan Bautista de Arechederreta y Escalada].
  • Salvia coahuilensis Fernald Lamiaceae Coahuila Sage. Perennial shrub. Distribution: Mexico. Most of the historical medicinal literature is on common sage, Salvia officinalis. The name Salvia meaning 'healthy'. Elizabeth Blackwell (1737) wrote that it had "... all the noble Properties of the other hot Plants more especially for the Head, Memory, Eyes, and all Paralytical Affections. In short, 'tis a Plant endu'd with so many and wonderful Properties, as that the assiduous use of it is said to render Men Immortal" with which Hans Sloane agreed. Its health giving properties were recorded in the aphorisms of the School of Salerno (fl 9-13th century) - quoted in the Decameron [c.1350, translated: Why should man die when Salvia grows in the Garden']. Some salvias, such as Salvia divinorum contain hallucinogenic compounds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Capsicum annuum 'Masquerade' Distribution: Central and South America. This ‘domesticated species’ originated from Mexico (although the centre of Capsicum evolution was much earlier and from Bolivia) and includes the bland salad peppers and the hot chilli peppers, of which capsaicin (sometimes called capsicain), from the lining of the inside of the chilli, is the main active ingredient. Chilli comes from the Aztec language of the Nahuatl people. It was reputedly introduced to Europe by Columbus in the mid-15th century, but was cultivated in Mexico since 4,000 BCE and used in cooking since 7,200 BCE. After its introduction to Europe, its cultivation very rapidly became world-wide. It appears first as a description (Bock, 1539) with the name teutschem Pfeffer. The first illustration, as Siliquastrum, appears in Historia Stirpes commentarii insignis (Fuchs, 1542). Fuchs did not realise it came from the Americas, as he identified it as a plant described by Pliny, Dioscorides and Avicenna and gave their uses of it. It appear in Dodoen's Cruydeboeck (1551) and Lyte's translation (1557) with the note that it is 'hot and drie in the third degree.' He recommended it for dressing meat, and noted that it 'warmeth the stomach' and was good for a sore throat, scrofula, and topically got rid of spots. Fuch's had reported these properties as being described by Avicenna, but what that plant was is unknown. Lindley (1838) wrote: 'It is employed in medicine, in combination with Cinchona in intermittent and lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis etc. Its most valuable application appears however to be in cynanche maligna [=severe sore throat, with impending suffocation] and scarlatina maligna [=severe scarlet fever], used either as a gargle or administered internally.' However, its principal use medically has been in pain relief, applied locally for pain from muscle injury to post herpetic neuralgia. Capsaicin acts on the pain and heat sensing neurones to make them trigger the sensation of pain at body temperature. Repeated exposure to capsaicin depletes the neurotransmitter substance P that is used to perceive pain, so the relevant nerves no longer transmit the sensation of pain/heat from any cause. It is a banned substance in the equestrian events at the Olympics because of its ability to stop perception of pain. Capsaicin has been shown, experimentally, to kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria. Particular interest has concentrated on its ability to reduce the size of tumours of the pancreas and prostate. Various cultivars are used in cooking, and the strength (i.e. how hot they are) is measured in Scoville units. A standard chilli pepper used in England would be around 5,000 Scovilles, the hottest peppers are rated over one million Scoville units. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Estado del Quartel Mayor numero 1 [-8]. En que se manifiestan las Sociedades que contuvo para socorro de los pobres contagiados de viruelas [&c.].
  • Nos el Dr. D. Alonso Nuñez de Haro y Peralta ... Entre las graves obligaciones de nuestro ministerio pastoral, consideramos ser la primera velar cuidadosamente, para que las almas de nuestros subditos consigan la salvacion eterna: y habiendo llegado á nuestra noticia, que se mira comunmente con horror la operacion llamada parto cesareo [&c.].
  • Primer aniversariode la fundación de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, dependiente de la Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria : resultados generales obtenidos desde la fundación de ese establecimiento hasta la fecha / Departamento de Talleres Gráficos de Fomento.
  • Primer aniversariode la fundación de la Dirección de Estudios Biológicos, dependiente de la Secretaría de Fomento, Colonización e Industria : resultados generales obtenidos desde la fundación de ese establecimiento hasta la fecha / Departamento de Talleres Gráficos de Fomento.
  • Resumen de los enfermos, que han entrado á curarse en el Hospital Real y General de S. Pedro Apóstol de la Ciudad de la Puebla de los Angeles desde el ultimo de diciembre de 1795 hasta igual dia de 1796.