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  • Violet (Viola declinata): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, performing with clarinets, wearing top hats. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, being wooed by two young men. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, one sewing, one using a typewriter. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, head and shoulders, wearing fur coats. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, one sewing, one using a typewriter. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Viola canina L. Violaceae Distribution: Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes 'Violets (to whit the blew ones, for I know little or no use of the white ones in physic) ... provoke sleep, loosen the belly, resist fevers, help inflammations, ... ease pains in the head, help the roughness of the windpipe, soreness in the throat, inflammations in the breast and sides, pleurisies, open stoppings of the liver and help the yellow jaundice'. 'Violet leaves, they are cool, ease pains in the head proceeding of heat, and frenzies, either inwardly taken or outwardly applied, heat of the stomach, or inflammation of the lungs.' It still has the same reputation in modern herbal medicine, and while its safety is not known, it is regarded as edible and flowers are used to garnish salads. Larger quantities are emetic – make one vomit. Not licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, trying on hats in a hat shop. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, dressed for bed, kneeling to say their prayers. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, wearing swimsuits, posing as though about to dive. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, sitting on a small grand piano, holding ukeleles. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Trojan high frequency (violet-ray) electrical outfits for health and beauty / John Shaw & Sons, Wolverhampton, Ltd.
  • Two flowering plants: a phlox (Phlox subulata) above a violet (Viola hederacea) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after A. F. Lydon.
  • Optics: colour scales for violet and yellow. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868, after J. Silbermann.
  • Pro-vitamin (Ergosterol) + ultra-violet light = vitamin d (anti-rachitic) : Vitamin D in the 'Allenburys' foods.
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Violet and Daisy : English Siamese twins : "if we have interested you kindly tell your friends to visit us.".
  • Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins, with the Meyers, with whom they lived and who managed them. Photograph, c. 1927.
  • Summer in Winter with the Vi-Tan ultra-violet home unit : helps you weather the weather / The Thermal Syndicate Ltd.
  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) and Saint Joseph with the Christ Child. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1797, after P. Violet after C. Maratta.
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Cutting from the Britsh medical journal: "A lecture on the psychology of conjoined twins: a study of monsterhood". Daisy and Violet Hilton are shown].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].
  • [Folded single sheet programme for an appearance by Daisy and Violet Hilton, "reigning sensation of vaudeville, San Antonio's Siamese twins". Includes many photographs of them from the age of 3 months].