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  • Mercy and truth : a record of C.M.S. medical mission work.
  • Mercy and truth : a record of C.M.S. medical mission work.
  • Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux. Ranunculaceae. Chinese aconite, Chinese wolfsbane, Carmichael's monkshood. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution C. to W. China to N. America. Named for Dr J.R. Carmichael (d. 1877), English physician, plant collector and Protestant missionary from 1862-1877 in Guangdong and Shandong, China initially in Canton. He aided Francis Forbes to collect plants for Kew. Aconitum plants are so poisonous that Theophrastus states that death was the punishment for possessing them. Aconitine is the poison and was used - from Aconitum ferox - in the 'curry murder' in London in 2009. It causes respiratory paralysis, bradycardia (slowing of the pulse), cardiac arrhythmias, tingling, sweating, gastric cramps, diarrhoea and death, both by ingestion and by absorption through the mucous membranes and the skin. Despite this it is widely used in Chinese herbal medicine. It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be dispensed by a herbal practitioner for external use following a one-to-one consultation, or by prescription from a registered doctor or dentist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • Map of Metlakahtla, Annette Island
  • Exterior of the Wellcome dispensary at Mengo, Uganda
  • Tahitians kneeling before Captain James Wilson after the cession of the district of Matavai in Tahiti. Stipple engraving with etching by F. Bartolozzi after R. Smirke.
  • Interior of Wellcome dispensary at Mengo Uganda
  • Arabs visiting Kwirara in Africa; Arab and European explorers shaking hands. Lithograph.
  • Lions watching an encampment in Africa. Lithograph.
  • Albert Schweitzer. Oil painting by Helen Kiddall.
  • Albert Schweitzer. Oil painting by Helen Kiddall.
  • Albert Schweitzer. Oil painting by Helen Kiddall.
  • Albert Schweitzer. Oil painting by Helen Kiddall.
  • Livingstone college. Process print.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph.
  • David Livingstone, head and shoulders, in a roundel; two Africans on each side of the roundel. Coloured lithograph.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph by Maull & Polyblank.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph.
  • David Livingstone, head and shoulders, in a roundel; two Africans on each side, one above. Lithograph.
  • Saint Francis Xavier (?), holding a crucifix and supported by artillery, is preaching to a group of native Americans (?). Etching, 17--.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph by Mayall.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph by the London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company.
  • David Livingstone. Photograph by H.N. King.