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  • 'Metuvit' cleanses, heals and stimulates formation of granulation and of epithelium Chemosan-Union A.G., Vienna.
  • Vim, cleanser and polisher, advert
  • Ivorine - The Wonderful Cleanser.
  • [Leaflet advertising devil's claw as a herbal cleanser, detoxifier and for rheumatic conditions].
  • [Leaflet advertising devil's claw as a herbal cleanser, detoxifier and for rheumatic conditions].
  • Lovely teeth kept lovely because.... Kolynos dental cream cleans in between.
  • Pinus mugo Turra, Pinaceae Mountain pine. Distribution: Mountain regions in south and central Europe. Source of pine cone syrup used in cooking. Pine trees in general have a small edible pine nut in the pine cone, which Lyte (1578) writes are 'good for the lungs, they cleanse the breast, and cause the fleme to be spit out: also they nourish well and engender good blood, and for this cause they are good for such as have the cough.' He wrote that it was used for burns, wounds, dysentery, and as a diuretic. Quincy says of fir (Pinus) cones that they strengthen the genital parts, and increase the quantity of seed, or increase Desire without adding to Ability or Performance. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Seventeen crustaceans, including the Commmon crab, the Cleanser crab and the Rough crab. Engraving by J. Record.
  • A soldier stands on a wall as a man cleans his boots. Coloured etching.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • A shoeshine boy cleans the boots of a man in drag. Photographic postcard, ca. 1905.
  • The cleansing drink / C. Hopper.
  • Men washing themselves in a public or factory bathroom to prevent typhus, and having clothes cleaned in an industrial cleanser. Colour lithograph by V.S., 1921.
  • Men washing themselves in a public or factory bathroom to prevent typhus, and having clothes cleaned in an industrial cleanser. Colour lithograph by V.S., 1921.
  • The Christ Child cleans the believer's heart with a hand-held mop, assisted and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child cleans the believer's heart with a hand-held mop, assisted and venerated by angels. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • Cleansing drink for newly-calved cows / T. Bentley.
  • Areca nut tooth paste : cleansing & refreshing, 1915?
  • Carbolic tooth paste : cleansing and refreshing, 1900-1915?
  • Placentula, or Cleansing drink for newly calved cows... / prepared by Joseph H. Payne.
  • Plague in Cape Town: convicts cleansing and disinfecting infected buildings. Drawing by H. Johnson, 1891.
  • Plague in Cape Town: convicts cleansing and disinfecting infected buildings. Drawing by H. Johnson, 1891.
  • Plague in Cape Town: convicts cleansing and disinfecting infected buildings. Drawing by H. Johnson, 1891.
  • A woman with a wig in one hand and an umbrella in the other stands shouting as a man cleans the barrel of a rifle and a dog stands nearby with a bone in his mouth. Stipple engraving by H. Bunbury.
  • Cleansing drink for cows after calving : to be given in one quart of warm ale or gruel / J. Attenburrow.
  • Cleansing drink : to be given in a pint of warm water directly the cow calves / from Fred.k L. Gooch.
  • Government soldiers cleansing by fire the plague-ridden village of Vietlanka, Astrakhan in 1879. Reproduction of a wood engraving by D. Vierge.
  • Government soldiers cleansing by fire the plague-ridden village of Vietlanka, Astrakhan in 1879. Reproduction of a wood engraving by D. Vierge.
  • Cleansing Drench : for cow after calving : to be given in a quart of warm gruel, and repeated in twenty-four hours if necessary / prepared by Thomas Roper.
  • Cleansing Drench : for cow after calving : to be given in a quart of warm gruel, and repeated in twenty-four hours if necessary / prepared by Cary Cocks and Roper.