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  • Chiron. Etching.
  • Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles to use a bow and arrow. Lithograph after J.B. Regnault.
  • The infant Achilles being entrusted to Chiron the centaur by his mother Thetis. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Chiron the centaur teaching Achilles the arts of magic. Etching by A.M. Zanetti, 1758, after G. Zompini after G.B. Castiglione.
  • Achillea millefolium L. Asteraceae. Yarrow or sneezewort, the latter because ground up it made a snuff to induce sneezing. Evergreen, herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Europe, Asia and North America. Dioscorides calls it Achilles’ woundwort, sideritis, writing that the ground-up foliage closes bleeding wounds, relieves inflammation and stops uterine bleeding. Gerard (1633) says that put up one’s nose it causes a nosebleed and so stops migraines. Named for the Greek warrior, Achilles, who used this plant for healing wounds – having been taught its properties by his teacher, Chiron the centaur. Millefolium because of the thousands of fronds that make up the leaf, and which, when applied to a bleeding wound, facilitate coagulation by platelets. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A centaur advertising "Centaure" tonic wine made of Alpine plants. Colour lithograph.
  • Activities for November: a man cuts up wood with an axe, wedges and a mallet, while women gather and process flax. Engraving by W. Kilian after J.M. Kager.
  • Seven named physicians and botanists of the ancient Greek world. Engraving by J.M. Lohié after C. Bourguignon, called Laguiche.
  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
  • A large table in a lecture hall with many commercial medicine vendors and practitioners seated around it: in the background are many tiers of spectators. Engraving, 1748.
  • Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
  • Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
  • Aesculapius (Asklepios). Oil painting.
  • Charles de l'Ecluse [Clusius]. Line engraving by T. de Bry.