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  • Lectures on physiology, zoology, and the natural history of man, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons / by W. Lawrence.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. Engraving by W. Deeble, 1828, after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the museum. Wood engraving after T. R. MacQuoid, 1854.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the library. Wood engraving by F. G. Kitton after himself.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the museum. Engraving by E. Radclyffe after T. H. Shepherd.
  • The RCGP-National Dairy Council practice team nutrition awards 1993 : applications are invited for two project grants... / Royal College of General Practitioners, National Dairy Council.
  • The RCGP-National Dairy Council practice team nutrition awards 1993 : applications are invited for two project grants... / Royal College of General Practitioners, National Dairy Council.
  • The RCGP-National Dairy Council practice team nutrition awards 1993 : applications are invited for two project grants... / Royal College of General Practitioners, National Dairy Council.
  • With best wishes for Christmas and the new year / from the Registrar and Mrs. W.G.R. Oates... Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
  • With best wishes for Christmas and the new year / from the Registrar and Mrs. W.G.R. Oates... Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
  • A meeting of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh: key to the persons portrayed. Engraving by M. Smyth, 1895, after P.A. Hay, 1889.
  • The Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London: the interior of the Hunterian Museum. Coloured engraving by E. Radclyffe after T. H. Shepherd.
  • A general list of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons in England : members who reside and practise, or who have resided and practised, in or within seven miles of the City of London ... members who do not reside or practise, in or within seven miles of the City of London.
  • A general list of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons in London : who reside or who have resided in or within seven miles of the City of London.
  • The atmospheric germ theory : a lecture delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, January 17, 1868 / by John Hughes Bennett.
  • The atmospheric germ theory : a lecture delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, January 17, 1868 / by John Hughes Bennett.
  • The atmospheric germ theory : a lecture delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, January 17, 1868 / by John Hughes Bennett.
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • [Newspaper clipping showing the skeletons of Mademoiselle Crachani, a Sicilian dwarf and Patrick O'Brien, the Irish Giant on display at the Royal College of Surgeons].
  • Third examination - December 2, 1943 : pharmacology and therapeutics, toxicology, pharmacy / Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; examiners: R.A.S. Coulter, W.J. Ironside.
  • On rest and pain : a course of lectures on the influence of mechanical and physiological rest in the treatment of accidents and surgical diseases, and the diagnostic value of pain delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in the years 1860, 1861, and 1862 / by John Hilton ; edited by W.H.A. Jacobson.
  • A treatise on the formation, constituents, and extraction of the urinary calculus. Being the essay for which the Jacksonian prize for the year 1833 was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / by John Green Crosse.
  • A treatise on the formation, constituents, and extraction of the urinary calculus. Being the essay for which the Jacksonian prize for the year 1833 was awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons in London / by John Green Crosse.
  • On a new method of managing fractures : from the address in surgery, delivered at the Twentieth Anniversary Meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, held at Oxford, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 21st and 22nd, 1852 / by James Torry Hester, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, surgeon to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].
  • Hyacinthoides non-scripta (L.) Chouard ex Rothm. Asparagaceae Bluebell. Perennial bulbous plant. Distribution W. Europe to N. Portugal. Seed and plants from wild stock are protected in England and Wales and all trade in them is prohibited, despite their abundance. All parts of the plant are poisonous and the sap can cause dermatitis. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Lobelia cardinalis L Campanulaceae Cardinal lobelia Distribution: Americas, Colombia to south-eastern Canada. The genus was named after Matthias de L’Obel or Lobel, (1538–1616), Flemish botanist and physician to James I of England, author of the great herbal Plantarum seu Stirpium Historia (1576). Lobeline, a chemical from the plant has nicotine like actions and for a while lobeline was used to help people withdraw from smoking, but was found to be ineffective. It was introduced from Virginia to John Parkinson in England by John Newton (1580-1647) a surgeon of Colyton (aka Colliton), Devon, who travelled to Virginia. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Camellia sasanqua Thunb. Theaceae. Christmas camellia. Camellia commemorates Georg Josef Kamel (1661-1706), Jesuit pharmacist from Moravia (Czech Republic) who worked in the Philippines and sent plants to John Ray in England (Oakeley, 2012) Evergreen shrub. Distribution: Japan and China. Leaves are used in Japan to make tea (normally made from C. sinensis) and the seeds to make the edible tea seed oil. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.