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  • Ecballium elaterium (L.)A.Rich. Benincaseae Squirting cucumber - when ripe, the seed explodes from its case, squirting some distance. Distribution: Asia, Europe and N. Africa. Contain cucurbitacins which are very bitter, cytotoxic and poisonous. A restricted herbal product, only to be supplied in registered pharmacies or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A portable device used to counteract poisonous gases, being carried on a man's back. Halftone.
  • Oleander (Nerium oleander) leaf, LM
  • Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.
  • Siegmund Breitbart, a strongman, wearing a Roman helmet. Process print, 192-.
  • Albert Guillaume, Georges de Porto-Riche, and Joris-Karl Huysmans. Process print, 19--.
  • Albert Guillaume, Georges de Porto-Riche, and Joris-Karl Huysmans. Process print, 19--.
  • Siegmund Breitbart, a strongman, wearing a Roman helmet. Process print, 192-.