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  • Atlas of syphilis and the veneral diseases : including a brief treatise on the pathology and treatment / by Prof. Dr. Franz Mraček, edited by L. Bolton Bangs.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae. Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Baldwin's Sarsaparilla and Peruvian Bark: advertisement. Lithograph, 19--.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.
  • Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.
  • Coloured illustration of the profile of the face diseased with Syphilis.
  • Illustrative plate showing skin of the scrotum and perineum area diseased with Syphilis.
  • Coloured illustration of female breast diseased with Syphilis.
  • Syphilis c'est quoi? / SNEG, santé et prévention ... ENIPSE.
  • Syphilis c'est quoi? / SNEG, santé et prévention ... ENIPSE.
  • Syphilis: its symptoms, transmission and consequences in Turkey. Colour lithograph by Refet Başokçu, 193-.
  • Ce soir tu risques de sucer Larry qui a sucé Grégoire qui a sucé Fred et Sylvain qui ont sucé Pierre et Philippe qui ont sucé ... / Ministère de la Santé et des Sports ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • Ce soir tu risques de sucer Larry qui a sucé Grégoire qui a sucé Fred et Sylvain qui ont sucé Pierre et Philippe qui ont sucé ... / Ministère de la Santé et des Sports ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • Ce soir tu risques de sucer Larry qui a sucé Grégoire qui a sucé Fred et Sylvain qui ont sucé Pierre et Philippe qui ont sucé ... / Ministère de la Santé et des Sports ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • Ce soir tu risques de sucer Larry qui a sucé Grégoire qui a sucé Fred et Sylvain qui ont sucé Pierre et Philippe qui ont sucé ... / Ministère de la Santé et des Sports ; INPES, Institut National de Prévention et d'Éducation pour la Santé.
  • Prevention of congenital syphilis, represented by a baby, a man and a woman, and a hand bursting through the letters "VD". Colour lithograph by A. Games, ca. 1951.
  • Arm with rupial ulceration
  • Deeply fissured tongue
  • Tongue with two large ulcers due to congenital syphilis
  • Sarsarparilla root under the microscope.
  • Eucomis comosa 'Sparkling Burgundy'
  • Chinese Materia medica, C17: Birds, White pigeon/dove
  • Chinese woodcut: Instruments of petty surgery (5)
  • Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro) shows the shepherd Syphilus and the hunter Ilceus a statue of Venus to warn them against the danger of infection with syphilis. Engraving by Jan Sadeler I, 1588/1595, after Christoph Schwartz.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris + Bombylius major