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  • Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae. Goat's Rue. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. Culpeper (1650) writes that it ‘... resists poison, kills worms, resists the falling sickness [epilepsy], resisteth the pestilence.’ Galega officinalis contains guanidine which reduces blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis.. Metformin and Phenformin are drugs for type II diabetes that rely on this group of chemicals, known as biguanidines. Its name gala, meaning milk plus ega meaning 'to bring on', refers to its alleged property of increasing milk yield, and has been used in France to increase milk yield in cows. officinalis refers to its use in the offices of the monks, and is a common specific name for medicinal plants before 1600 and adopted by Linnaeus (1753). The fresh plant tastes of pea pods. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Military Hospital V.R. 76, Ris-Orangis, France: south side of building. Photograph, 1916.
  • South Africa: a cross erected by Queen Victoria in remembrance of the Prince Imperial of France who was killed in battle in 1879. 1896.
  • Plate V: Female Cro-Magnon skull in two views.
  • Image of a mammoth carved onto an elephant's tusk
  • Ambrosia altera.
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  • Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) of La Salette. Lithograph.
  • A treaty between Louis XIV of France (left, attended by Cardinal Mazarin), and Philip IV of Spain. Stipple engraving with etching by E. Jeaurat after C. Le Brun, 1728.
  • Harry Pilcer. Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • Harry Pilcer. Photographic postcard, 19--.
  • The bay of Naples with the British fleet at anchor, 1 August 1718. Oil painting by Gaspar Butler.
  • The bay of Naples with the British fleet at anchor, 1 August 1718. Oil painting by Gaspar Butler.
  • Britannia pointing to Sanatogen, Formamint, and German colonies in Africa and the East Indies as new British possessions. Colour process print after E.F. Skinner.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • The dance of death. Lithograph after A. Dauzats, 1831.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.
  • An itinerant medicine vendor and tooth-drawer with his company, performing operations and offering medicines for sale from a waggon to a crowd of people in Rome. Wood engraving, 1872.