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  • Havana, baby taking milk from a goat, Photograph 1930
  • A woman is holding a baby who is drinking milk from a goat; child in the foreground. Process print.
  • 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.
  • Some astounding facts about goats milk and its cure of infantile eczema / by Gilbert Harris.
  • Some astounding facts about goats milk and its cure of infantile eczema / by Gilbert Harris.
  • Some astounding facts about goats milk and its cure of infantile eczema / by Gilbert Harris.
  • Some astounding facts about goats milk and its cure of infantile eczema / by Gilbert Harris.
  • Cattle and sheep rest on the hillside as a woman milks a goat and gives the child a drink; a herder plays the bagpipes. Etching after N. Berchem.
  • Goats being milked outside a farm and dogs setting off on a hunt; representing spring. Etching, 17--, after F.G. Bassano the younger.
  • A goatherd milking a goat in a field surrounded by other animals. Etching by P.C. Canot after J. Farington after P.P. Roos.
  • The patriarch Asher milking a goat, men ploughing and sowing the fields, and the goddess Ceres holding a scythe; a cornucopia lies on the ground. Etching by D. Coornhert after M. van Heemskerck.
  • A maid is milking a cow surrounded by goats and a calf while a man watches the scene and a magpie is playing with the cow's bell. Lithograph after a painting by E. H. Landseer.
  • A baby is being taken care of by a nun in a convent. Etching by Alberto Maso Gilli after himself.
  • Soignon petit Sainte-Maure goat cheese : fabriqué en Poitou-Charentes / Eurial Poitouraine.
  • Temple offering trussed game and vessels for possibly milk
  • A camp site for the railway engineer of the East Indian Railway Company with staff preparing food and tending animals. Wood engraving after E. Braddon, 1857.
  • A man using a raft of inflated skins to navigate the River Tigris. Wood engraving.
  • Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Bezoars, etc.
  • A boy in Granada rides on a donkey loaded with panniers as he leads his flock of goats. Engraving by C. Cousen after R. Ansdell.