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  • Asclepias syriaca (Pleurisy root)
  • Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root)
  • Lung: septic pleurisy
  • Zulu witch doctor dancing, South Africa. Tying cure in which the tie around the chest of a man suffering from pleurisy etc.
  • Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Dr. Sydenham's Compleat method of curing almost all diseases, and description of their symptoms. To which are now added five discourses of the same author concerning the pleurisy, gout, hysterical passion, dropsy and rheumatism / abridg'd and faithfully translated out of the original Latin. With ... notes on the former part, written by a late learned physician.
  • Paris quadrifolia L. Trilliaceae Herb Paris Distribution: Europe and temperate Asia. This dramatic plant was known as Herb Paris or one-berry. Because of the shape of the four leaves, resembling a Burgundian cross or a true love-knot, it was also known as Herb True Love. Prosaically, the name ‘Paris’ stems from the Latin ‘pars’ meaning ‘parts’ referring to the four equal leaves, and not to the French capital or the lover of Helen of Troy. Sixteenth century herbalists such as Fuchs, who calls it Aconitum pardalianches which means leopard’s bane, and Lobel who calls it Solanum tetraphyllum, attributed the poisonous properties of Aconitum to it. The latter, called monkshood and wolfsbane, are well known as poisonous garden plants. Gerard (1633), however, reports that Lobel fed it to animals and it did them no harm, and caused the recovery of a dog poisoned deliberately with arsenic and mercury, while another dog, which did not receive Herb Paris, died. It was recommended thereafter as an antidote to poisons. Coles (1657) wrote 'Herb Paris is exceedingly cold, wherupon it is proved to represse the rage and force of any Poyson, Humour , or Inflammation.' Because of its 'cold' property it was good for swellings of 'the Privy parts' (where presumably hot passions were thought to lie), to heal ulcers, cure poisoning, plague, procure sleep (the berries) and cure colic. Through the concept of the Doctrine of Signatures, the black berry represented an eye, so oil distilled from it was known as Anima oculorum, the soul of the eye, and 'effectual for all the disease of the eye'. Linnaeus (1782) listed it as treating 'Convulsions, Mania, Bubones, Pleurisy, Opththalmia', but modern authors report the berry to be toxic. That one poison acted as an antidote to another was a common, if incorrect, belief in the days of herbal medicine. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Viola canina L. Violaceae Distribution: Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes 'Violets (to whit the blew ones, for I know little or no use of the white ones in physic) ... provoke sleep, loosen the belly, resist fevers, help inflammations, ... ease pains in the head, help the roughness of the windpipe, soreness in the throat, inflammations in the breast and sides, pleurisies, open stoppings of the liver and help the yellow jaundice'. 'Violet leaves, they are cool, ease pains in the head proceeding of heat, and frenzies, either inwardly taken or outwardly applied, heat of the stomach, or inflammation of the lungs.' It still has the same reputation in modern herbal medicine, and while its safety is not known, it is regarded as edible and flowers are used to garnish salads. Larger quantities are emetic – make one vomit. Not licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Dissertatio medica inauguralis de pleuritide ... / [Thomas Arnold].
  • Caisán inyectable : quimoterapia de las vias respiratorias / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.
  • Caisán inyectable : quimoterapia de las vias respiratorias / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.
  • Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Friendship is constant in all other things save in the office and affairs of love... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Caisán composición, quimoterapia de las vías respiratorias : Levulosil, medicación anti-piógena polivante / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.
  • Caisán composición, quimoterapia de las vías respiratorias : Levulosil, medicación anti-piógena polivante / Laboratorio Dr. Domingo Plasencia, S.A.
  • Books will sometimes rouse me beyond my nature... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Books will sometimes rouse me beyond my nature... / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Heptalgin : new name in pain therapy.
  • Heptalgin : new name in pain therapy.
  • Heptalgin : new name in pain therapy.
  • The peril in the air / The Peps Co.
  • Seasonable suggestions / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Seasonable suggestions / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • Dr. Lowder's magneto-electric battery : the great health restorer ; stop taking medicine, and try nature's own remedy: electricity ! / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.
  • Dr. Lowder's magneto-electric battery : the great health restorer ; stop taking medicine, and try nature's own remedy: electricity ! / The Magneto-Electric Battery Company.
  • The jerseys / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • The jerseys / [Dr. Jayne Company].
  • The gipsy fortune-teller / [Dr. Jayne Company].