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  • Hall of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, Monkwell St., London.
  • Hall of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, Monkwell St., London: entrance.
  • Achievement of arms of the London Barber Surgeons Company. Coloured pencil drawing.
  • Arms of the London Barber Surgeons' Company. Engraving attributed to W. Vaughan, 1677.
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • M0008011: The Arms given to the Company of Surgeons of London in 1492
  • Royal College of Surgeons, circa 1813. Compare with Sir Zachary Cope, the History of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London 1959, figure 58.
  • Barge-flag: achievement of arms of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons of London. Gouache on cloth.
  • Barge-flag: achievement of arms of the Worshipful Company of Barber-Surgeons of London. Gouache on cloth.
  • Surgeons and physicians of Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London, with views of the building. Colour lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after Beynon & Company.
  • Surgeons and physicians of Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London, with views of the building. Colour lithograph by M. & N. Hanhart after Beynon & Company.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • Surgeons and physicians of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, with views of the building and adjacent churches. Colour lithograph by Beynon & Company after F. Hager.
  • Buildings and surgeons and physicians of King's College Hospital, London. Coloured lithograph by Beynon & Company after H. Hale.
  • A general list of the members of the Royal College of Surgeons in England : members who reside and practise, or who have resided and practised, in or within seven miles of the City of London ... members who do not reside or practise, in or within seven miles of the City of London.
  • Lobelia cardinalis L Campanulaceae Cardinal lobelia Distribution: Americas, Colombia to south-eastern Canada. The genus was named after Matthias de L’Obel or Lobel, (1538–1616), Flemish botanist and physician to James I of England, author of the great herbal Plantarum seu Stirpium Historia (1576). Lobeline, a chemical from the plant has nicotine like actions and for a while lobeline was used to help people withdraw from smoking, but was found to be ineffective. It was introduced from Virginia to John Parkinson in England by John Newton (1580-1647) a surgeon of Colyton (aka Colliton), Devon, who travelled to Virginia. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.
  • King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.
  • King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.
  • Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London: the facade. Wood engraving after an engraving of 1800.
  • Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London, the facade. Engraving by B. Cole, 1756.
  • Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London, the facade. Engraving, 1775.
  • Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London, the facade. Engraving, 1752.