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  • Achievement of arms of Joseph Lister, Baron Lister. Watercolour.
  • Achievement of arms of the London Barber Surgeons Company. Coloured pencil drawing.
  • Barge-flag: achievement of arms of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons of London. Gouache on cloth.
  • Barge-flag: achievement of arms of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons of London. Gouache on cloth.
  • Louis Pasteur, with two dogs (referring to his work on rabies), a palm and a snake around a bowl (indicating achievement in hygiene). Chromolithograph.
  • Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
  • Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms, below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by T. Cook, 1809, after W. Hogarth, 1739.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • A healthy vegetarian diet : achieving the right balance / Tesco.
  • The wonderful results achieved by the aid of Horlick's Malted Milk are directly due to the scientific combination of the most nourishing of Nature's constituents ... / Horlick's Malted Milk Co.
  • A performance by the "three-headed nightingale" (supposedly a woman with three heads), seen from the side, revealing the trick whereby the appearance of three-headedness was achieved. Reproduction of wood engraving by E.A. Tilly.
  • The first photo shows the physical condition of the youth of the nation as revealed by the war. The second shows what can be achieved by scientific methods of physical education and culture, and how imperative such methods are to safeguard us against physical deterioration and disease in future years.
  • Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don Apocynaceae. Madagascar Periwinkle Distribution: Madagascar. It is the source of vincristine and vinblastine, which impair cell multiplication by interfering with microtubule assembly, causing metaphase arrest and are effective medications for leukaemias, lymphomas and some solid tumours. The mortality from childhood leukaemia fell from 100% to 30% once it was introduced - not a drug that could ethically be tested by double-blind trials. These chemicals were initially discovered by investigators in 1958 who were looking for cures for diabetes so tested this plant which was being used in the West Indies to reduce blood sugar levels. There are 70 different alkaloids present in this plant, and some - catharanthine, leurosine sulphate, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline and vindolinine - lower blood sugar levels. However, the toxicity of this plant is such that this is not a plant to try at home for diabetic management. The vincristine content of the plant is 0.0003%, so two kilograms of leaf are required to produce sufficient vincristine for a single course of treatment for a child (6gm). Fortunately it is a vigorous weed and easy to grow in the tropics. Artificial synthesis has now been achieved. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Acheivement of arms, by Heather Childs; c. 1970
  • A skull in a drinking glass at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, representing the fatal effects of drunken driving. Colour lithograph.
  • A skull in a drinking glass at the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, representing the fatal effects of drunken driving. Colour lithograph.
  • The Cruciform Building, University College Hospital, London: perspective from the south-east. Colour lithograph. 190-.
  • Girolamo Segato. Lithograph by D. Carnesecchi (?).
  • An old man on a bicycle; advertising an award for care of elderly people in Wales. Colour lithograph, 1964.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • Henry Solomon Wellcome: three-quarter length. Oil painting by Hugh Goldwin Riviere, 1906.
  • George Grenville, Lord Bute and the Duke of Bedford dance on the tombstone of the Duke of Cumberland to the tune of the devil playing the bagpipes. Etching, 1765.
  • Chinese woodcut: Daoist internal alchemy (13)
  • Snow Hill Buildings, London, headquarters of Burroughs Wellcome Co.: interior, 1885. Pencil drawing.
  • Indian singers and musicians. Gouache drawing.
  • The interior of a hospital of the Order of St. John. Line engraving by Rasmäsler, 1828, after J.H. Ramberg.
  • Moxibustion techniques for reinforcing and purging, Chinese