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  • Occupational therapy at the Mont Alto Sanatorium for tuberculosis, Pennsylvania: girls are shown darning socks in the laundry room. Photograph, 1920/1940?.
  • The ascent of the balloon 'Zenith' above the clouds with its three occupants (Crocé-Spinelli, Tissandier and Sivel) conducting operations, 1875. Coloured wood engraving.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Foxham, in the parish of Christian Malford, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Henry Freegard, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with swine fever... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : swine fever order, 1879 : notice is hereby given that the farm premises, called Gate Farm, in the parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Carpenter, are by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be places INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • A gold miner using a rock drill with a water spray in an attempt to prevent the occupational disease silicosis, caused by dust inhalation. Watercolour by Jane Jackson.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that a pigstye situate at Studley, in the Parish of Bremhill, in the county of Wilts, in the occupation of Mrs. Eliza Chivers, is, by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, ordered, determined, and declared to be a place infected with SWINE FEVER, and that the limits of such pigstye are the limits of such infected place... / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • Nepal; agriculture and subsistence in the Khumbu, 1986. Sherpa with young yak. The economic emphasis of the Khumbu is on animal husbandry, and the breeding and tending of yaks and cattle was an important occupation when this photograph was taken. Yaks command a good price. On walled, flat terraces, Sherpas cultivate their staple diet of potatoes, barley, buckwheat, and in lower areas, rice. In this picture, taken at altitude 2900 metres, the land sustains the commercial cultivation of medicinal herbs although increases in production are limited by environmental degradation, largely through soil erosion.
  • County of Wilts. : the contagious diseases (animals) act, 1878 : the animals order : notice is hereby given that the pigstye situate at Patterdown Farm, in the parish of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts., in the occupation of Mr. William Dew, which by the Local Authority for the purposes of the above act, was, on the 27th day of November, 1884 ordered, determined, and declared to be a place INFECTED WITH SWINE FEVER, is now by the said local authority to be free from swine fever / by order, R.W. Merriman.
  • An episode in the novel Old London Bridge by G.H. Rodwell: an attack by robbers on a cottage on Putney Heath, London, is resisted with gunfire by two of the occupants, Edward Osborne and The Cripple of the Bridge. Etching by A. Ashley, 1848.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae. Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Pulsatilla vulgaris Mill. Ranunculaceae Pasque flower. Distribution: Europe. Lindley (1838) and Woodville (1790) knew this as Anemone pulsatilla, the common name being Pasque (Easter) Flower. At the end of the 18th century it was recommended for blindness, cataracts, syphilis, strokes and much more, treatments which, as was clear to physicians at the time, were valueless. Gerard (1633) writes: ‘They serve only for the adorning of gardens and garlands, being floures of great beauty’. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, all members of which are poisonous. It was recommended, by mouth, for ‘obstinate case of taenia’ (tapeworms). One hopes it was more toxic to the worm than the patient. Flowers with a central disc and radiating florets were regarded as being good for eye complaints under the Doctrine of Signatures. Porta (1588) writes (translated): ‘Argemone [Papaver argemone], and anemone, have flowers of this shape, from this they cure ulcers and cloudiness of the cornea’. There were occupational diseases even before there were words like pneumoconiosis, and Lindley writes that ‘the powder of the root causes itching of the eyes, colic and vomiting, if in pulverising it the operator do not avoid the fine dust which is driven up.’ Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A skull seen against a street surface of granite sets; representing the danger of death in traffic accidents. Colour lithograph by Walter Müller, 195-.
  • De morbis artificum diatriba / Bernardini Ramazzini.
  • A smuggler shown at different stages and points of his chosen profession. Coloured etching (?).
  • A smuggler shown at different stages and points of his chosen profession. Coloured etching (?).
  • Une Epiciere with tools costume and apparatus
  • Jardiniere pour parterre with tools costume and apparatus
  • Un Peintre, A Painter with tools costume and apparatus
  • Femme de Vitrier, The female Glazier with tools costume and apparatus
  • Un Cofretier with tools costume and apparatus
  • Une Femme de Charon with tools costume and apparatus
  • Une femme de Menusier, the female carpenter with tools costume and apparatus
  • La feme d'un fondeur de cloche. with tools costume and apparatus
  • Un Parechementiers with tools costume and apparatus
  • A druggist, a pharmacy student, a pounder (of medicine), a chemist and a pharmacist. Lithograph by J. Platier, 1842.
  • l'Horloger, the Clock and watch maker with tools costume and apparatus
  • A female Anglo-Indian at her toilet being attended by three Indian servants. Coloured lithograph by J. Bouvier, 1842, after W. Tayler.
  • How accidents happen : when lifting... when carrying... and remember / prepared for the Ministry of Labour and National Service by the Central Office of Information.
  • Indian weaver at his loom. Gouache drawing.