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  • A species of the genus Arum: spadix, leaf and tuber. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Heliotrope (Heliotropium sp.): entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A plant (Aristolochia sp.) related to birthwort: part of twining, flowering stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Hellebore (Helleborus atrorubens): fruiting stem with roots and separate flowering stem. Coloured etching after J. Schütz, c.1802.
  • Valerian (Valeriana officinalis L.): flowering stem with separate rooting stem and floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Tobacco plants (Nicotiana rustica and N. paniculata): flowering and fruiting stem of both species with their respective floral segments.Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1805, after P.Henderson.
  • A plant (Erysimum murale) related to the wallflower: flowering stem with separate fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Cheiranthus fenestralis) related to wallflower: entire flowering plant. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.
  • Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A plant related to birthwort, (Aristolochia longa L.): flowering stem with separate rhizome and sections of fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A species of the genus Arum: fruiting spadix with separate leaves and single sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Pliny said that the Roman people survived six hundred years without doctors ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • From antiquity until comparatively recent times, progress in medical science was slow ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • From antiquity until comparatively recent times, progress in medical science was slow ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • Pliny said that the Roman people survived six hundred years without doctors ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • Pliny said that the Roman people survived six hundred years without doctors ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • Heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • From antiquity until comparatively recent times, progress in medical science was slow ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • From antiquity until comparatively recent times, progress in medical science was slow ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • Pliny said that the Roman people survived six hundred years without doctors ... : Nembutal (Pentobarbitone Sodium B.P.).
  • Comfrey (Symphytum officinale L.): flowering stem with separate leaf and rootstock. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A plant (Echium sp.): flowering plant rising from earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A plant (Aristolochia rotunda L.) related to birthwort: entire flowering plant. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A plant (Hymenocallis littoralis Salisb.) related to Peruvian daffodil: large inflorescence with separate entire flowering plant and leaf tip. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • A plant (Hymenocallis sp.) related to Peruvian daffodil: large inflorescence with separate flowering plant and leaf tip. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Bugloss (Echium lycopsis L.): flowering stem with separate floral sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Green hellebore (Helleborus viridis L.): leaf, inflorescence, flower, root and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.