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  • Instructions for administering Hill and Berry's medicine.
  • Ginkgo berry
  • Hill and Berry's medicine for cure of rabies
  • John Gerard. Line engraving by T. Berry after J. Payne, 1633.
  • John Gerard. Line engraving by T. Berry after J. Payne, 1633.
  • John Bulwer. Line engraving by T. Berry, 1820, after W. Faithorne.
  • Charles-Ferdinand d'Artois, Duc de Berry. Lithograph by Nicolas-Eustache Maurin.
  • Berry Dental Engine. Fig. 101, page 238, 'Dental Electricity' by Levitt E Custer, 1901.
  • Caroline-Ferdinande Louise de Bourbon, Duchesse de Berry. Lithograph by Zéphirin-Félix-Jean-Marius Belliard, 1829.
  • Dr. P.O. Baldo's celebrated Blood and Liver Pills : the best anti-bilious pills in the world / L.M. Berry.
  • Dr. P.O. Baldo's celebrated Blood and Liver Pills : the best anti-bilious pills in the world / L.M. Berry.
  • Black bryony or murraim berry plant (Tamus communis): fruiting stem. Watercolour, 1904.
  • Butcher's broom (Rucus aculeatus L.): entire flowering plant with separate berry and immature fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • A cerebral atlas : illustrating the difference between the brains of mentally defective and normal individuals, with a social, mental and neurological record of 120 defectives during life / by Richard J.A. Berry.
  • Berrydales no-cream ices : the healthier option : honey vanilla, maple & walnut, berry, ginger & honey, bitter chocolate : dairy free, low fat, low cholesterol, low calorie.
  • Berrydales no-cream ices : the healthier option : honey vanilla, maple & walnut, berry, ginger & honey, bitter chocolate : dairy free, low fat, low cholesterol, low calorie.
  • Above, three insects, a shrike, a mineral, a gull, a sprig of a camphor tree and a sprig and berry of a lantana shrub; below, two hares, a duck bernade, two dragon flies and a lemur. Engraving by Heath.
  • Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Holly (Ilex aquifolium): leaves and berries. Watercolour drawings.
  • A thrush eating berries. Etching by W. Hayes, ca. 1775.
  • A fruiting plant with red berries, possibly of the Caprifoliaceae family. Watercolour.
  • Bright, cherry-red berries, with green leaves. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A branch of holly (Ilex species) with blue berries and three ito mushrooms (Armillaria matsutake). Watercolour.
  • Three fruiting plant stems, including a rose, a liliaceous plant and a tree with red berries. Watercolour.
  • Smilacina racemosa Desf. syn. Maianthemum racemosum (L.)Link Convallariaceae. False Spikenard, False Solomon's Seal, Scurvy berries, Treacle berries. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) reports on Native American traditional usage: Cold infusion of the roots for sore eyes (Cherokee)
  • Above: calligraphy by Saigō Takamori; below, an extravagant peony and branch with berries, by Taki Katei. Colour woodcut, 1880/1881.
  • A workshop in which oils are made from trees, nuts, berries etc. for foodstuffs and medicines. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • Porridge with yoghurt and berries : a quick and yummy breakfast ... : Change4life / [produced by COI for the Department of Health].