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  • A dictionary of hygiène and public health : comprising sanitary chemistry, engineering, and legislation, the dietetic value of foods, and the detection of adulterations, on the plan of the "Dictionnaire d'hygiène publique" of Professor Ambroise Tardieu / by Alexander Wynter Blyth.
  • Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall.
  • Food and its adulterations : comprising the reports of the Analytical sanitary commission of "The Lancet" for the years 1851 to 1854 inclusive, revised and extended being records of the results of some thousands of original microscopical and chemical analyses of the solids and fluids consumed by all classes of the public ... / by Arthur Hill Hassall.
  • Vitamalt : the perfect vitamin-food for infants, children and adults : Rich in the essential vitamins A, B, C and D : Especially recommended for delicate and ailing children, nursing & expectant mothers and in all cases of malnutrition and low vitality / Boots Pure Drug Company.
  • Vitamalt : the perfect vitamin-food for infants, children and adults : Rich in the essential vitamins A, B, C and D : Especially recommended for delicate and ailing children, nursing & expectant mothers and in all cases of malnutrition and low vitality / Boots Pure Drug Company.
  • A desperately unhappy woman cradling her sick child. Etching by T.A. Steinlen, 1902.
  • Death as a lethal confectioner making up sweets using arsenic and plaster of Paris as ingredients; representing the toxic adulteration of sweets in the 1858 Bradford sweets poisoning. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1858.
  • A treatise on the art of making wine from native fruits. Exhibiting the chemical principles upon which the art of wine making depends; the fruits best adapted for home made wines, and the method of preparing them / By Frederick Accum.
  • Sources of protein for children and adults: milk, meat, fish, eggs and cheese. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • Sources of carbohydrates and fats for children and adults: bread, butter, cereals, mushrooms and jam. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : November 1907.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : May 1909.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : July 1908.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : January 1907.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : March 1908.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : November 1910.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : July 1907.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : January 1908.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : May 1906.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : July 1906.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : November 1906.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : September 1910.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : July 1910.
  • The 'Allenbury' Foods for infants : The 'Allenburys' Diet for adults : September 1908.
  • Sources of vitamins and minerals for children and adults: (a) carrots and apples, (b) citrus fruits, (c) brassicas and pulses. Colour lithograph, 1966.
  • Calendula officinalis L. Asteraceae. Pot marigold, common marigold, ruds or ruddles. Calendula, because it was said to flower most commonly at the first of each month - the 'calends' (Coles, 1657). officinalis indicates that it was used in the 'offices' - the clinics - of the monks in medieval times. Annual herb. Distribution: Southern Europe. The Doctrine of Signatures, indicated that as the flowers resembled the pupil of the eye (along with Arnica, Inula and the ox-eye daisy), it was good for eye disorders (Porta, 1588). Coles (1658) writes '... the distilled water ... helpeth red and watery eyes, being washed therewith, which it does by Signature, as Crollius saith'. Culpeper writes: [recommending the leaves] '... loosen the belly, the juice held in the mouth helps the toothache and takes away any inflammation, or hot swelling being bathed with it mixed with a little vinegar.' The petals are used as a saffron substitute - ‘formerly much employed as a carminative