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  • Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended on the catalogues of the materia medica ... with ... their medicinal effects ... / [William Woodville].
  • Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended on the catalogues of the materia medica ... with ... their medicinal effects ... / [William Woodville].
  • Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended on the catalogues of the materia medica ... with ... their medicinal effects ... / [William Woodville].
  • Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended on the catalogues of the materia medica ... with ... their medicinal effects ... / [William Woodville].
  • Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended on the catalogues of the materia medica ... with ... their medicinal effects ... / [William Woodville].
  • Johan van Beverwijk: he converses with Apollo about medicinal plants, while surrounded by attributes of botany, anatomy and surgery. Line engraving by C. van Dalen the younger (?) after C. de Passe the younger (?), 1656.
  • A medicinal dictionary; including ... chymistry, and botany ... Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / [R. James].
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Two roundels: above, a man supported by his wife and children prays before an altar of Aesculapius; below, a garland of medicinal plants, and angels representing pharmacy and botany. Coloured engraving by P. Lenormand, ca. 1830, partly after N. Guérin.
  • Magnolia stellata (Siebold & Zuch.) Maxim. Magnoliaceae. Star magnolia. Small flowering tree. Distribution: Japan. Named for the French botanist and physician, Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Montpelier. Charles Plumier (1646-1704) named a tree on Martinique after him (Magnolia) and the name was continued by Linnaeus (1753). No medicinal use. This is a very ancient genus of flowering plants. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A medicinal dictionary; including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / By R. James.
  • A medicinal dictionary; including physic, surgery, anatomy, chymistry, and botany, in all their branches relative to medicine. Together with a history of drugs ... and an introductory preface, tracing the progress of physic, and explaining the theories which have ... prevail'd in all ages / By R. James.
  • Anatomy, medicine and botany; top to bottom, arteries of the stomach, sternum, tarantula, scorpion; bottom right, sassafras. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Anatomy, medicine and botany; top, kidneys; centre left, bee; centre right, hornet; bottom, Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum). Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Aesculapius, representing medicine, receives homage from putti who bring him symbols of botany, natural history, chemistry and anatomy. Engraving by A. Nunzer, 1748.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • The magnetic and botanic family physician, and domestic practice of natural medicine : with illustrations showing various phases of mesmeric treatment, including full and concise instruction in mesmerism, curative magnetism, massage, and medical botany / by D. Younger.
  • De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes ... adiectis eorvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus ... Accessit ... uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio ... / [Leonhard Fuchs].
  • De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes ... adiectis eorvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus ... Accessit ... uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio ... / [Leonhard Fuchs].
  • De historia stirpivm commentarii insignes ... adiectis eorvndem vivis plvsqvam quingentis imaginibus ... Accessit ... uocum difficilium & obscurarum passim in hoc opere ocurrentium explicatio ... / [Leonhard Fuchs].
  • M0006406: Cumin (cultivated), from Dioscorides: <i>Juliana Anicia Codex</i>
  • M0006404: Orris, from Dioscorides: <i>Juliana Anicia Codex</i>