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  • London School of Tropical Medicine (10th Session) group portrait including Sir Patric Manson, M.C. Blair, R.F. de Boissiere, C.W. Daniels, A.H. Davies, J.T. Hancock O. Galgey, and E. Da Cunha, G. Hungerford, Sir Francis Lovell, J. Lunn, G. Lecesne, W.S. Milne, T. Hood, M. Sandeman, D. Steel, Dr. Sambon, G.D. Warren, Charles and Robert the lab assistants
  • London School of Tropical Medicine 13th sessionGroup Portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, Dr. Sambon, G.D. Warren, H.F. Conyngham, Dr. Crombie, M. F. Ellis, L. Clifford, W.F. Holmes, A.D. Humphry, Dr. G.C. Low , G. Loader, J.E. Mitchell, J.F.G. Mayer, Dr. Ross, D. Steel, P. Rees, E.H. Read, G.R. Ruata, Major Wilson, W.J. Radford, G. Warren, and Robert (lab assistant).
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 24th Session Group portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, G.D. Warren, T.R. Beale Browne, C.W. Daniels, R.W. Burkitt, J. F. Fitzmaurice, D. Ross Kilpatrick, J. C. C. Ford, A. F. Forster, Q. B. de Freitas, C.A. Godson, F. Grenier, S. Gurney, G. Hamilton, Prof. Holst, Capt. F.H.G. Hutchinson, K. McMurtrie, Miss G. Mackinnon, W.F. Todd, C. Frimodt Moller, Miss C. Wilson, Miss A. Madsen, Capt. J.N. Walker, J. Phillip Ziervogel.
  • 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.
  • London School of Tropical Medicine, 28th Session Group Portrait- including Sir Patrick Manson, G.D. Warren, H.R. Dutton, J.G. Copland, H.C. Brown, C.W. Daniels, H.B. Kent, J.W.A. Brown, P. F. Foran, S.F.G. Fox, Revd. T. Gilbert, W. C. Hossock, L.T.R. Hutchinson, A.I. Jackson, K. Jamset, O. Luhn, S.L. MacLaine, J. MacGregor-Smith, S.A. McClintock, W.H. Thresher, J.H. MacDonald, A. Trondle, R.T. Leiper, J.L. Maxwell, C.H. Watson, O. Marriott.
  • Systematized anatomy, or Human organography : in synoptical tables, with numerous plates. For the use of universities, faculties and schools of medicine and surgery, academies of painting, sculpture, and the Royal Colleges / By J. Sarlandière ; translated from the French by W.C. Roberts.
  • Systematized anatomy, or Human organography : in synoptical tables, with numerous plates. For the use of universities, faculties and schools of medicine and surgery, academies of painting, sculpture, and the Royal Colleges / By J. Sarlandière ; translated from the French by W.C. Roberts.
  • Matæotechnia medicinæ praxeos. : The vanity of the craft of physick. Or, a new dispensatory: wherein is dissected the errors, ignorance, impostures and supinities of the schools, in their main pillars of purges, blood-letting, fontanels or issues, and diet, &c. and the particular medicines of the shops. With an humble motion for the reformation of the universities, and the whole landscap of physick, and discovering the terra incognita of chymistrie. To the parliament of England. / By Noah Biggs, chymiatrophilos.
  • 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.
  • Salvia nemorosa L. Lamiaceae Woodland sage. Balkan clary Distribution: Central Europe, Western Asia. 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. Linnaeus (1782) also: 'Timor, Languor, Leucorrhoea, Senectus [fear, tiredness, white vaginal discharge, old age]'. Its health giving and immortality conferring 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.
  • [Section of coal miner's lung showing severe pneumoconiosis] / J. Gough, J. Wentworth.
  • [Section of coal miner's lung showing severe pneumoconiosis] / J. Gough, J. Wentworth.
  • Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia : an account of investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice group, and the New Hebrides,in 1924, 1925. Parts V-VII, Relating to human diseases and welfare / by Patrick A. Buxton.
  • Researches in Polynesia and Melanesia : an account of investigations in Samoa, Tonga, the Ellice group, and the New Hebrides,in 1924, 1925. Parts V-VII, Relating to human diseases and welfare / by Patrick A. Buxton.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Malarial fever : its cause, prevention and treatment containing full details for the use of travellers, sportsmen, soldiers, and residents in malarious places / by Ronald Ross.
  • Handling, maintenance and storage of ophthalmic surgical instruments in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the International Centre for Eye Health, ca. 2000.
  • The London (later Royal) Homœopathic Hospital, corner of Queen Square and Great Ormond Street, London: exterior. Photograph.
  • From magic to science : essays on the scientific twilight / Charles Singer.
  • The examination of the pulse / by Byrom Bramwell.
  • A lecture delivered over the remains of Jeremy Bentham, Esq / [Southwood Smith].
  • Action Against AIDS : in support of the Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Mosquito breeding ground in a hole in a tree trunk: museum exhibit. Photograph, 1900/1930.
  • [Leaflet about Rudolf Steiner, anthroposophical medicine, Weleda natural medicines, special education, biodynamic agriculture].