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  • Lava, scoriae and vitrified matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • The discovery of the temple of Isis at Pompeii, buried under pumice and other volcanic matter. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Eight pieces of volcanic matter taken from the road leading from the Pisciarelli (spring) to the Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Pieces of lava and vitrified, flinty matter found after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 8 August 1779. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1779.
  • Who do you fancy? : Does it matter? Want to be healthy? Do you know what "Hep B" is? No? / Lothian Health Health Education Department.
  • Who do you fancy? : Does it matter? Want to be healthy? Do you know what "Hep B" is? No? / Lothian Health Health Education Department.
  • Real German sausages : guaranteed perfectly pure of the finest materials and free from all sinews and indigestable matter / prepared only by Irvine & Stevenson.
  • How HIV transmission works: getting fucked : fluids were a matter of some concern for Howard / GMFA, London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8.
  • How HIV transmission works: getting fucked : fluids were a matter of some concern for Howard / GMFA, London Gay Men's HIV Prevention Partnership, MetroM8.
  • An unsympathetic doctor giving a patient a prescription, telling her it doesn't matter whether she takes it or not. Reproduction of a drawing by G.L. Stampa, 1931.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works better than soap or anything else : use no other preparation with it ... / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works better than soap or anything else : use no other preparation with it ... / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else : one trial will convince you / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else : one trial will convince you / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • A putto pours a phial into a dragon's mouth, pumping a bellows with his other hand; representing the fixing of volatile matter in the alchemical process. Watercolour painting by E.A. Ibbs.
  • Tatooing in Abyssinia, two women of the Gurag' Tribe. Blue colouring matter is applied in the form of bracelets and rings to the hand and wrist. A needle or small brush is used.
  • High matter, dark language : the philosophy of Robert Fludd (1574-1637) an exhibition at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine catalogue / [prepared by] Christine English, Michael Fend and Robert Jan van Pelt.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • Chemistry no mystery; or, a lecturer's bequest. Being the subject-matter of a course of lectures, delivered by an old philosopher, and taken in short-hand by one of the audience, whose name is not known / Arranged from the original manuscript, and revised, by John Scoffern.
  • An enthroned king, wearing three crowns and with a sword in his mouth, having vanquished a green seven headed hydra; an archangel with a key imprisons Lucifer in chains by a roaring fire; representing the culmination of the alchemical process and the sublimation of base matter. Coloured etching after an etching, ca. 17th century.
  • A collection of modern relations of matter of fact, concerning witches & witchcraft upon the persons of people. To which is prefixed a meditation concerning the mercy of God, in preserving us from the malace and power of evil angels. Part I. / Written by the late Lord Chief Justice Hale, upon occasion of a tryal of several witches before him. [Anon].
  • Persian on sexual matters.
  • Meat matters : meat and fat / [Meat and Livestock Commission].
  • Meat matters : meat and fat / [Meat and Livestock Commission].
  • Athyrium niponicum (Mett.) Hance var. pictum (Maxwell) Fraser-Jenk. Woodsiaceae. Japanese Painted fern. Hardy fern. Distribution: Japan. Young fronds are boiled and eaten in Japan. However after the discovery of thaiminases in certain ferns Pteridum aquilum (bracken), Marsilea drummondii and Cheilanthes sieberi cautions are given regarding the risk of thiaminase in all ferns. It can be mostly removed by boiling, but otherwise causes vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency and beriberi in a matter of weeks. Eating Bracken fern also causes cancer, as do the spores, but I could find no report of other ferns being toxic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • I love my gay son ... : family matters ... / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • Plato discussing philosophical matters with others in the garden of the Academia. Etching by Salvator Rosa.
  • Plato discussing philosophical matters with others in the garden of the Academia. Etching by Salvator Rosa.