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  • Primula veris L. Primulaceae. Cowslip, Herba paralysis Distribution: W. Asia, Europe. Fuchs ((1542) quotes Dioscorides Pliny and Galen, with numerous uses, from bruises, toothache, as a hair dye, for oedema, inflamed eye, and mixed with honey, wine or vinegar for ulcer and wounds, for scorpion bites, and pain in the sides and chest, and more. Lobel (1576) calls them Primula veriflorae, Phlomides, Primula veris, Verbascula. Like other herbals of the 16th and 17th century, the woodcuts leave one in no doubt that Primula veris was being written about. However, other translators of Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959 with Goodyear's 1655 translation
  • Syphilis: Woodcut: 1496
  • Saint Benedict. Woodcut.
  • Saint Jerome. Woodcut.
  • Saint Lucy. Woodcut.
  • Saint Pantaleon. Woodcut.
  • Buddhist scene. Woodcut.
  • Saint Eustace. Woodcut.
  • Saint Andrew. Woodcut.
  • Saint Barbara. Woodcut.
  • Saint Erasmus. Woodcut.
  • Bishop Odibaldus. Woodcut.
  • Saint Apollonia. Woodcut.
  • Saint Catherine. Woodcut.
  • Infirmary, Liverpool. Woodcut.
  • Saint Catherine. Woodcut.
  • Saint Agnes. Woodcut.
  • Flowers. Woodcut, 18--.
  • Flowers. Woodcut, 18--.
  • Jean Fernel. Woodcut.
  • Wolfgang Meurer. Woodcut.
  • Jacob Milich. Woodcut.
  • François Rabelais. Woodcut.
  • Matthaeus Flaccus. Woodcut.
  • Florence Nightingale. Woodcut.
  • Saint Antoninus. Woodcut.