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  • Illustrated recipes: 'Minted Pineapple', 'Quick Tomato Mold'
  • Pineapple (Ananas comosus): large fruit on the end of a leafy stem. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Brown & Polson flavoured cornflour for blancmange : 5 flavours : banana, raspberry, caramel, strawberry, pineapple / Brown & Polson Ltd.
  • Brown & Polson flavoured cornflour for blancmange : 5 flavours : banana, raspberry, caramel, strawberry, pineapple / Brown & Polson Ltd.
  • Two monkeys sitting on a pineapple in a fruit bowl are attentively watching a wasp on the fruit stalk. Steel engraving by T. Landseer after E. H. Landseer.
  • Boer War: British soldiers outside their tent in camp at Chieveley, eating pineapples. Halftone, c. 1900, after G. Browne.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000) Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Eucomis comosa (Houtt.)H.R.Wehrh. Hyacinthaceae Pineapple flower. From the Greek eu comis meaning 'good hair' referring to the tuft of leaves on top of the flowers. Comosa being Latin for 'with a tuft' referring to the same thing. Used in South African 'muthi' medicine. Enemas of Eucomis autumnalis are used in Africa to treat low backache, to aid postoperative recovery and to speed the healing of fractures. Decoctions are taken for the treatment of everything from hangovers to syphilis. The active ingredients include homisoflavones, which have anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic activity (van Wyk et al, 2000). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Grünland Ananas-Sahne-Käse-Creme : 60% Fett i.T. mit 10% Ananassaft / Allgäuer Käsewerke.
  • Grünland Ananas-Sahne-Käse-Creme : 60% Fett i.T. mit 10% Ananassaft / Allgäuer Käsewerke.
  • Grünland Ananas-Sahne-Käse-Creme : 60% Fett i.T. mit 10% Ananassaft / Allgäuer Käsewerke.
  • Grünland Ananas-Sahne-Käse-Creme : 60% Fett i.T. mit 10% Ananassaft / Allgäuer Käsewerke.
  • An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by C. Guttenberg after J. de Sève, 1777.
  • An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève.
  • People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Separate pictures of garden fruit, flowers, vegetables, birds, dogs and two monkeys dressed as gardeners. Coloured etchings, 18th century.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • Still life of fruit, Hong Kong. Photograph by John Thomson, 1868/1871.
  • New Müller Vitality : a probiotic low fat yogurt / Müller Dairy (UK) Ltd.
  • New Müller Vitality : a probiotic low fat yogurt / Müller Dairy (UK) Ltd.
  • Confectionery works De Valk, Vlaardingen, Holland.
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • The natural tan of the islands : Hawaiian Tropic : supplement to the Chemist & druggist 4th April 1981 / Unicliffe Limited.
  • Open your eyes to porridge oats / Health Education Authority Oats Information Service.
  • Open your eyes to porridge oats / Health Education Authority Oats Information Service.
  • Open your eyes to porridge oats / Health Education Authority Oats Information Service.