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  • This is to certify that: has been registered as an internal student of the University of London in the Faculty of Science / H. Frank Heath.
  • University College Hospital, London: resident medical officers; the group includes Sir Victor Horsley. Photograph, ca. 1960, of an original photograph, ca. 1880.
  • Historical account of Charing Cross Hospital and Medical School (University of London) : original plan and statutes, rise and progress; founded 1818; with which is included some account of the origin of the other hospitals and schools in London / [William Hunter].
  • 4 George Street, London, and neighbouring buildings, subsequently 169-173 Gower Street, including in the centre the home of the University Dispensary 1828-1834. Photograph, 1960.
  • Dierama pulcherrimum Baker Iridaceae. Angel's Fishing rods, African harebell.. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: South Africa. Said to be used in South African Muthi medicine, but no references found other than it being grown at the Medicinal Garden of the University of Washington and the Royal College of Physicians, London. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • The face of a woman in speckled black ink with her eyes scratched in green representing an advertisement for an international exhibition of AIDS posters entitled 'Visual AIDS' from 6 to 19 November 1989 by the Berliner AIDS-Hilfe e.V and Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V; a project of the seminar "AIDS and the Arts" of the University of Western Ontario in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe London and Canada. Colour lithograph by Detlev Pusch.
  • Bergenia ciliata (Haw.)Sternb. Saxifraginaceae. Elephant's ears. Named for Karl August von Bergen (1704-1759), physician and botanist, professor at Viadrina University, Frankfurt. Has hairy leaves, hence ciliata. Distribution: E. Afghanistan, Himalayas, Assam. Used for fevers, diarrhoea, bruises and boils, coughs, renal stones, diabetes, heart disease, haemorrhoids, stomach disorders (Harish et al www.ijabpt.com). It was described in the 1820s so there is no early literature. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Hacquetia epipactis DC Apiaceae. Small herbaceous perennial. No common name except Hacquetia Distribution: Europe. Named for the Austrian physician, Balthasar (or Belsazar) Hacquet (1739/40-1815). He studied medicine in Vienna, was a surgeon in the brutal Seven Years War (1756-1763) – a world-wide war in which up to 1,400,000 people died. Later he was professor at the University of Lemberg (1788-1810). He wrote widely on many scientific disciplines including geology. Parkinson (1640) grouped it with Helleborus and Veratrum, calling it 'Epipactis Matthioli, Matthiolus, his bastard black hellebore' but does not give any uses. It has no medicinal properties. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Rudbeckia triloba L. Asteraceae Orange Cone flower. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. It is named for Olof Rudbeck, father (1630–1702) and son (1660–1740). Olof Rudbeck the Elder was professor of medicine at Uppsala University, and established a botanic garden there. He was the discoverer of the human lymphatic system. His son succeeded his father as professor of medicine, and one of his students was Carl Linnaeus (1707–88) who named the genus Rudbeckia after him and his father. It is a plant which is poisonous to cattle, sheep and pigs with no medicinal uses. Austin (1974) discusses R. hirta, also regarded as a toxic plant. It was used externally by the Cherokee to bathe sores and snakebites and made into a tea for treating diarrhoea. The Seminoles used it for headaches and fever and the Miccosukee for sunstroke and headache. The Cherokee and the Iroquois used it to treat intestinal worms Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A new and universal history, description and survey of the cities of London and Westminister, the borough of Southwark and their adjacent parts / [Walter Harrison].
  • A new and universal history, description and survey of the cities of London and Westminister, the borough of Southwark and their adjacent parts / [Walter Harrison].
  • Genuine and universally approved horse medicines : prepared at the medical dispensary of the author : and sold by the publisher, no. 46, Fleet-Street, London.
  • Genuine and universally approved horse medicines : prepared at the medical dispensary of the author : and sold by the publisher, no. 46, Fleet-Street, London.
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • A view from the universe : St. Peter's at Rome : in which the various empires, kingdoms, republics, states, principal islands, colonies, and discoveries of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, alphabetically arranged, are shown at one glance, and included in a single line, with the situation, extent, chief cities, their population, distances in British miles from London ...
  • The carnival of lost emotions / The Centre for the History of the Emotions.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • AIDS : a challenge in education : Wednesday 29 November 1989 at Logan Hall, Institute of Education, Bedford Way, London / Institute of Biology, Institute of Education.
  • Short-title catalogue : of works on psychical research, spiritualism, magic, psychology, legerdemain and other methods of deception, charlatanism, witchcraft, and technical works for the scientific investigation of alleged abnormal phenomena, from circa 1450 A.D. to 1929 A.D / Compiled by Harry Price.
  • 3D view on vessels of a healthy minipig eye. The upper opening corresponds to the pupil as the gateway input of all light into the eye. It is interesting to see the marked abundance of vessels of the pupil which bring energy and food to the muscles to control the amount of incident light. The other large vessels are feeder vessels for the outer layers of the retina and muscles, so, that the eye quickly can perceive the environment and the creature may adapt and survive.
  • The electrical action of the human heart / by Augustus D. Waller ; edited by A.M. Waller.
  • The mechanism of nervous action : electrical studies of the neurone / by E.D. Adrian.
  • The mechanism of nervous action : electrical studies of the neurone / by E.D. Adrian.
  • 'Speculum Britanniae' : regional study, antiquarianism, and science in Britain to 1700 / Stan A.E. Mendyk.