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  • "They are for mother" : Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Co.'s specific for kidney complaints / Doan's Backache Kidney Pill Co.
  • "They are for mother" : Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Co.'s specific for kidney complaints / Doan's Backache Kidney Pill Co.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • Oh! My poor back" dran' pa" o'o ought to put on one of Carter's backache plasters" : Carter's Backache Plasters.
  • Carter's Backache Plasters for every ache or pain : puzzle card.
  • Carter's Backache Plasters for every ache or pain : puzzle card.
  • Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief : this remedy cures all pain, as toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, backache, cures fresh cuts and bruises, cures diarrhoea, summer complaints, dysentery... / M.M. Fenner.
  • Dr. Fenner's Golden Relief : this remedy cures all pain, as toothache, neuralgia, rheumatism, backache, cures fresh cuts and bruises, cures diarrhoea, summer complaints, dysentery... / M.M. Fenner.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A woman with backpain walking to left, screaming and supporting her back with her hands. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • A woman with backpain walking to left, screaming and supporting her back with her hands. Drawing by M. Bishop, 1967.
  • Back pain
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Three men wearing orthopedic apparatus exercising; another is strapped into leg braces. Aquatint by P. Sandby (?), 1783.
  • Sailors keeping well by taking "Neverill" remedy. Colour lithograph by R.A., ca. 1900.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • A man representing the remedy Finidol rescues another man from the clutches of an octopus whose tentacles represent rheumatic and arthritic diseases. Colour lithograph after René Vincent.
  • Back ache quickly relieved by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back Ache Plasters.
  • Back ache quickly relieved by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back Ache Plasters.
  • A confrontation between two figures, representing industrial diseases being challenged by health gained from use of Morris Evans' remedies. Colour lithograph incorporating a design by W. Mitford Davies.
  • Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills : back-ache quickly cured by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back-Ache Plasters.
  • Presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills : back-ache quickly cured by Carter's smart weed and belladonna Back-Ache Plasters.
  • Begin your day well with Day Dawn Health Salt / sole manufacturers: Burdall's Ltd.
  • Begin your day well with Day Dawn Health Salt / sole manufacturers: Burdall's Ltd.
  • In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : bleeding heart tetra.
  • In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : Siamese fighting fish.
  • In convalescence Dianabol builds the patient up : the engraver builds his colour picture : Siamese fighting fish.