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  • Men and two children sit smoking pipes in a Turkish coffee house. Lithograph by J. Nash after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • An old man smokes a long-stemmed pipe, others water-pipes, in a Turkish coffee house. Chromolithograph by A. Preziosi, 1824.
  • Cichorium intybus L., Asteraceae. Chicory, succory. Distribution: Uses: 'Cichory, (or Succory as the vulgar call it) cools and strengthens the liver: so doth Endive' (Culpeper, 1650). The Cichorium sylvestre, Wilde Succorie, of Gerard (1633) and the leaves cooked into a soup for ill people. Linnaeus (1782) reported it was used for Melancholia, Hypochondria, Hectica [fever], haemorrhage and gout. Root contains 20% inulin, a sweetening agent. Dried, roasted and ground up the roots are used as a coffee substitute, best known as Camp coffee (Chicory and Coffee essence). This used to be sold in tall square section bottle with a label showing a circa 1885 army tent with a Sikh soldier standing and serving coffee to a seated officer from the Gordon Highlanders. The bottle on the label has now moved on, and since 2006 it shows the same tent but the Sikh and the Scot are now both seated, drinking Camp coffee together. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Plants, fish and a landscape from the East Indies, including pepper, cocoa, indigo and coffee plants. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Smokers in a Turkish coffee house listen eagerly to news brought by a courier. Lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
  • Indians on a coffee plantation washing in a lake and gathering together on the bank. Coloured lithograph by V. Adam, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.
  • Cairo: a coffee-house with men sitting on wooden benches to smoke and drink. Colour lithograph by G.W. Seitz, ca. 1878, after Carl Werner, 1871.
  • Mr. Lambkin drunkenly dancing the polka and knocking over a tray of coffee, while his loved one looks on in a dismayed manner. Lithograph by G. Cruikshank.
  • We have just served your ... with coffee and doughnuts from the American Red Cross Clubmobile. He is looking well. With sincere best wishes from the Clubmobile Crew.
  • We have just served your ... with coffee and doughnuts from the American Red Cross Clubmobile. He is looking well. With sincere best wishes from the Clubmobile Crew.
  • The Chevalier D'Eon meets bankers in a London office or coffee-house to discuss wagers placed on whether D'Eon was a man or a woman. Engraving, 1771.
  • A mug of coffee and a sandwich representing an advertisement for a leaflet on facts on AIDS at Work by the Department of Health, New Zealand. Colour lithograph, 1990.
  • High-class grocers & provision merchants : Folley & Sons, the Castle Stores, Launceston : 1/4 lb. net. Folley's high grade coffee : freshly ground by electric machine as required. Untouched by hand.
  • Above, a ladybird, a sprig of a coffee tree, five coluber snakes and a brown indian dove; below, tendrils of the jalap tree, seaweed of the genus corallina, a crow and a fish. Engraving by Heath.
  • Two dustmen are sitting at a table in a coffee house: one is reading parliamentary reports in the newspaper supplied by the establishment while the other waits patiently to read it for its scientific announcements. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • A group of cartoon male figures sit chatting around a small coffee table adorned with cups and a teapot by Rob [?] representing an advertisement for Schwulenberatung, an open discussion group for gay men in Berln. Photocopy, ca. 1993.
  • A coffee jug, a fork, the receiving end of a phone, a tab on a computer, a toilet sign and a drinking tap with a message about where you can't get HIV; a poster from the Business responds to Aids advertising campaign. Lithograph, 1993.
  • Wholesome advice against the abuse of hot liquors, particularly of coffee, chocolate, tea, brandy, and strong-waters. With directions to know what constitutions they suit, and when the use of them may be profitable or hurtful / by Dr. Duncan ... ; Done out of French.
  • A man reading a newspaper supplied in a coffee house and reading room turns to ask a seated man if he has read the leader article, to whch he receives the reply that he has not, owing to the failings of newspapers. Lithograph after R. Seymour.
  • Two men sit in discussion top right with a further group of cartoon male figures at the bottom sit chatting around a small coffee table adorned with cups and a teapot by Rob [?]; an advertisement for an open discussion group for those living with HIV and AIDS mentored by Arnd Bächler (gay counseling) and Stefan Cremer (HIV e.V.). Photocopy, 1994.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Albizia julibrissin Durazz. Fabaceae. Persian silk tree. Called 'shabkhosb' in Persian, meaning 'sleeping tree' as the pinnate leaves close up at night. Tropical tree. Named for Filippo degli Albizzi, an Italian naturalist, who brought seeds from Constantinople to Florence in 1749, and introduced it to European horticulture. The specific epithet comes from the Persian 'gul-i abrisham' which means 'silk flower'. Distribution: South Africa to Ethiopia, Senegal, Madagascar, Asia. Bark is poisonous and emetic and antihelminthic. Various preparations are widely used for numerous conditions and the oxitocic albitocin is abortifacient. However, studies on the seeds and bark of other Albizia species in Africa, demonstrate it is highly toxic, half a kilogram of seeds given to a quarter ton bull, killed it in two hours (Neuwinger, 1996). A useful tree for controlling soil erosion, producing shade in coffee plantations, and as a decorative shade tree in gardens. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra is shown lying on her bed grasping the tail of the asp with her left hand. Line engraving by R. Strange after a painting by Guido Reni, 1753.
  • Saint Mary Magdalen. Line engraving by R. Strange, 1753, after G. Reni.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • An apothecary sitting in his shop, sorting through materia medica, surrounded by paraphernalia of his profession. Engraving, ca. 1750.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.
  • Menu / The Great American Bagel Factory Ltd.