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  • A swollen and inflamed foot: gout is represented by an attacking demon. Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • A swollen and inflamed foot: gout is represented by an attacking demon. Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • Medicinal leech Hirudo verbena
  • Moutparts from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • A human anatomical figure. Drawing, Nepalese, ca. 1800 (?).
  • Malus domestica 'Court Pendu Plat'
  • Parker's Tonic : the great health and strength restorer : cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood / Hiscox & Co.
  • Illustration of man with Beard
  • Cocoon from medicinal leech Hirudo verbena
  • Parker's Tonic : the great health and strength restorer : cures coughs, consumption, asthma by rejuvenating the blood / Hiscox & Co.
  • Gentiana asclepiadea L. Gentianaceae. Gentian. Perennial herb. Distribution. Southern Europe and Caucasus. Named after Gentius, King of Illyria (the western Balkan Peninsula) in 181–168 BC. Gentius had a powerful navy of 270 warships (lembi) and like most kings of this era he fought constant wars, fighting with the Romans against Macedonia, and then changing sides only to be defeated and brought captive to Rome in 168 BC
  • A convalescing woman trying in vain to rouse her slumbering hired nurse: the cat scavenges her food and the candle sets light to the carpet. Coloured etching by N. Heideloff, 1807, after T. Rowlandson.
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Death dressed as a fine gentleman stands on a tombstone.Lithograph.
  • "Their lips met in one passionate kiss" / FN.
  • "Their lips met in one passionate kiss" / FN.
  • Edward Burell, a very old man. Engraving by Leclerc after T.H. Hull, 1772.
  • Edward Burell, a very old man. Engraving by Leclerc after T.H. Hull, 1772.
  • Potentilla thurberi 'Monarch's Velvet'
  • Two men are standing together with a boy, one of the men has a whip in his hand and the other is pointing towards the boy . Colour lithograph.
  • A pink condom and the 'VW' logo as an AIDS prevention ad
  • Isaac Gosset, wearing a coat and hat, has a cane in one hand and a book under his arm. Coloured etching, 1806.
  • Nine vignettes advertising uses of Insecticide Vicat. Colour line block, ca. 1880.
  • Electrical instruments exhibited at the 1881 Paris Electrical Exhibition; including a tramway, an electric boat and an electric chair. Wood engraving by A. Marie, 1881.
  • A seated man in front of a chamber pot which is emitting bubbles, a group of people stand behind him; representing Gwyllym Lloyd Wardle's involvement with Mrs. Clarke. Coloured etching, 1809.
  • A young man returning from the hunt; representing the season spring. Engraving after Joachim von Sandrart I, ca. 1700.
  • Dan Leno as "Mother Goose".
  • Dan Leno as "Mother Goose".