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  • Hazeline Snow window display in a shop in Argentina
  • Contribución al estudio de la enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana en la República Argentina / por Flavio L. Niño.
  • Contribución al estudio de la enfermedad de Chagas o tripanosomiasis americana en la República Argentina / por Flavio L. Niño.
  • Letter from Rudmose-Brown to Dr Murie, written whilst on Antarctic Ship 'Scotia' off Cape San Antonio, Argentina, during an expedition to the South Orkneys, Antarctica.
  • Letter from Rudmose-Brown to Dr Murie, written whilst on Antarctic Ship 'Scotia' off Cape San Antonio, Argentina, during an expedition to the South Orkneys, Antarctica.
  • Numerous makes of condom from across the world from 'Tulipan' condoms in Argentina to 'King' condoms in Malaysia; with a message about safety when travelling abroad 'Travel against HIV ... The safest course is to bring condoms from Norway'; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Landsforeningen MOT AIDS, RFSU Norge AS and LNU. Colour lithograph by Jensen-Grey, 1992.
  • Erythrina crista-galli L. Fabaceae. Cockspur coral tree. Distribution: South America. The national tree of Argentina, its flowers are pollinated by perching birds unlike many other species which are pollinated by humming birds. An extract from the bark is used as a powerful soporific, also as a gargle for sore throats and in the treatment of cuts, rheumatism and hepatitis, in Brazil (Mors, 1998). The seed contains the alkaloid beta-erythroidine. Analgesics, antimicrobial and anti inflammatory substances are being sought from the leaves. Curare-like action in rats has been reported from the seeds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Erythrina crista-galli L. Fabaceae. Cockspur coral tree. Distribution: South America. The national tree of Argentina, its flowers are pollinated by perching birds unlike many other species which are pollinated by humming birds. An extract from the bark is used as a powerful soporific, also as a gargle for sore throats and in the treatment of cuts, rheumatism and hepatitis, in Brazil (Mors, 1998). The seed contains the alkaloid beta-erythroidine. Analgesics, antimicrobial and anti inflammatory substances are being sought from the leaves. Curare-like action in rats has been reported from the seeds. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentine agricultural exhibit. Photograph, 1904.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentine agricultural exhibit. Photograph, 1904.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentine Republic exhibit on forestry. Photograph, 1904.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentine agricultural exhibit displaying national produce. Photograph, 1904.
  • The 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, Missouri: an Argentine agricultural exhibit displaying national produce. Photograph, 1904.
  • Argentines of today / edited by William Belmont Parker.
  • Argentines of today / edited by William Belmont Parker.
  • Fuchsia magellanica Lam. Onagraceae. Hardy fuchsia. Semi-hardy shrub. Distribution: Mountainous regions of Chile and Argentina where they are called 'Chilco' by the indigenous people, the Mapuche. The genus was discovered by Charles Plumier in Hispaniola in 1696/7, and named by him for Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566), German Professor of Medicine, whose illustrated herbal, De Historia Stirpium (1542) attempted the identification of the plants in the Classical herbals. It also contained the first accounts of maize, Zea mays, and chilli peppers, Capsicum annuum, then recently introduced from Latin America. He was also the first person to publish an account and woodcuts of foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea and D. lutea. The book contains 500 descriptions and woodcuts of medicinal plants, arranged in alphabetical order, and relied heavily on the De Materia Medica (c. AD 70) of Dioscorides. He was a powerful influence on the herbals of Dodoens, and thence to Gerard, L’Escluse and Henry Lyte. A small quarto edition appeared in 1551, and a two volume facsimile of the 1542 edition with commentary and selected translations from the Latin was published by Stanford Press in 1999. The original woodcuts were passed from printer to printer and continued in use for 232 years (Schinz, 1774). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Bernardo Alberto Houssay: head and shoulders portrait. Colour photolithograph, ca. 1935.
  • A naked figure sits hugging a purple cushion on which a bird stands; within a line drawn heart edged with devilish creatures; an advertisement for the National Program for the Rights of the Child and Adolescent by the Ministerio de Cultura y Educación de la Nación. Colour lithograph by S (?) Kerm, ca. 1996.
  • An exasperated looking figure holding a lead with a dog beside him representing a man looking for information on the HIV virus; an advertisement for the 1st AIDS Prevention Manual/Guide for teachers and health promoters by the Fundacion R.E.D. Colour lithograph by Fontanarrosa, ca. 1995.
  • Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum tum communibus, tum gravidarum, parientium, et puerperarum affectibus et morbis, libri Graecorum, Arabum, Latinorum veterum et recentium quotquot extant ... / editi ... opera et studio Israelis Spachii.
  • Gynaeciorum sive de mulierum tum communibus, tum gravidarum, parientium, et puerperarum affectibus et morbis, libri Graecorum, Arabum, Latinorum veterum et recentium quotquot extant ... / editi ... opera et studio Israelis Spachii.
  • De alimentorum facultatibus libri quinque, ex optimorum authorum monumentis conscripti et editi ... / [Melchior Sebisch].
  • Liber de proprietatibus rerum / Bartholomei anglici.
  • Cosme Bueno, Descripcion del Obisp[a]do de Buenos Ayres Spain, circa 1785
  • Metoposcopia et ophthalmoscopia / Samuelis Fuchsii.
  • Metoposcopia et ophthalmoscopia / Samuelis Fuchsii.
  • Women attending the theatre in Buenos Aires are wearing very large, ornate head dresses, which makes it very difficult for men to talk to them. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle, 1834.
  • Yellow fever in Buenos Aires, 1871. Oil painting by Juan Manuel Blanes.