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  • Constantinople: a street seller of confectionery with honey. Engraving by G. Scotin, 1714, after J.B. Van Mour.
  • A bear trying to retrieve honey from a tree trunk is stung by bees. Etching by J. E. Ridinger.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • Jordans Original Crunchy Bar : honey & almond : 7 bars, 1 bar extra free / W. Jordan (Cereals) Ltd.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The perplexing 'Pineate' puzzle : it may take you hours to solve this puzzle but 'Pinenate' honey cough-syrup will stop a cough in a few minutes.
  • The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].
  • The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].
  • The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].
  • The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].
  • The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others ... the gravel, asthmas ... consumptions, etc / to which is prefix'd an account of the origin and nature of honey; its various kinds, English and foreign; and the marks which distinguish them: also a method to obtain honey as fine in England as from any part of the world; and the best ways of taking it. With the genuine receipt for the syrup of capillaire as made in Italy; and for the celebrated Aristaean confection. [Anon].
  • A bear has overturned two hives and is trying to prize out honey from a third while being attacked by bees; illustration of a fable by Aesop. Etching.
  • Glaucium flavum Crantz Papaveraceae Yellow horned poppy. Distribution: North Africa, Western Asia to Europe. Contains glaucine which is toxic but in small doses may be bronchodilator. As Papaver corniculatum luteum it was known to Parkinson (1640) who reports it as bitter, so advises taking it in honey, as a purgative and analgesic
  • The triumph of the physician Jacobus Castricus (Jacques van den Kasteele): allegorical figures of Practice and Theory accompany him in a chariot under a triumphal arch; in the foreground, honey, mint and artemisia and mythical beasts are tramping on the contorted bodies of plague, fever and dropsy. Process print after H. Holbein (?), ca. 1540.
  • Primula veris L. Primulaceae. Cowslip, Herba paralysis Distribution: W. Asia, Europe. Fuchs ((1542) quotes Dioscorides Pliny and Galen, with numerous uses, from bruises, toothache, as a hair dye, for oedema, inflamed eye, and mixed with honey, wine or vinegar for ulcer and wounds, for scorpion bites, and pain in the sides and chest, and more. Lobel (1576) calls them Primula veriflorae, Phlomides, Primula veris, Verbascula. Like other herbals of the 16th and 17th century, the woodcuts leave one in no doubt that Primula veris was being written about. However, other translators of Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959 with Goodyear's 1655 translation
  • Eucryphia glutinosa (Poepp. & Endlich.) Baill. Eucryphiaceae. Santo sour cherry. Woodland tree. Distribution: Ancient genus from Gondwanaland. Native of Chile, other species being found in eastern coastal Australia. It is now rare in its habitat, since it was much used as a timber tree. Australian aboriginals have used leatherwood (Eucryphia lucida) as an antiseptic and styptic. A recent investigation by the Australian Government Rural Industries and Development Corporation (B R D’Arcy, 2005) finds that leatherwood honey is rich in phenolic acids that possess some antibacterial and anti-oxidant activity. These natural products have been proposed as preservers of freshness in foodstuffs - a possible alternative to the synthetics currently used.
  • Primula veris L. Primulaceae Cowslip, Herba paralysis Distribution: W. Asia, Europe. Fuchs ((1542) quotes Dioscorides Pliny and Galen, with numerous uses, from bruises, toothache, as a hair dye, for oedema, inflamed eye, and mixed with honey, wine or vinegar for ulcer and wounds, for scorpion bites, and pain in the sides and chest, and more. Lobel (1576) calls them Primula veriflorae, Phlomides, Primula veris, Verbascula. Lyte (1578) calls them Cowslippe, Petie mulleyn, Verbasculum odoratum, Primula veris, Herbae paralysis and Artheticae. Along with cowslips and oxeslips, he says they are 'used dayly among other pot herbes, but in Physicke there is no great account of them. They are good for the head and synewes ...'. Like other herbals of the 16th and 17th century, the woodcuts leave one in no doubt that Primula veris was being written about. However, other translators of Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959 with Goodyear's 1655 translation
  • Above, a bee presents a honeycomb to the Olympian gods in the clouds; below, bees are flying into and out of two wicker beehives; illustration of a fable. Etching by F. Barlow.
  • Cough! Cough! Cough! Hack! Hack! Hack! Bark! Bark! Bark! : why do you cough?.