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  • The War Widows Association of Great Britain [sticker].
  • The Association that works for ALL war widows / War Widows Association of Great Britain.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Line up of five actors as "rough" popular heroes. Colour woodcut by Kuniaki, 1862.
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae Sun flower Distribution: Peru to Mexico. The seeds are a source of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat which as part of one's diet is given to reduce coronary artery and cerebrovascular disease, but recently a study has found an increased death rate (BMJ2013
  • Macao, China: the ruins of St Paul's church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Macao, China: the ruins of St Paul's church. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870.
  • Chinese drugs personified: Lithograph, 1935