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  • Rheum Palmatum, Chinese Rhubarb
  • Rheum palmatum (Chinese or Turkey rhubarb).
  • Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb
  • A man in Turkish dress weighing rhubarb for sale. Gouache.
  • A poor street peddlar selling rhubarb and spices in London. Wood engraving after R. Beard.
  • Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.
  • Genuine Indian arrow root : by appointment of the importer : also some fine turkey rhubarb / sold by Randall and Co.
  • A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Spanish rhubarb dock (Rumex abyssinicus Jacq.): two sections of the flowering stem with separate root, leaf, part of stem, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.
  • Anatomy and botany: top left, aorta; top right, chest artery; centre left, ligature of the subclavian artery; centre right, a leech; bottom left, musk deer; bottom right, rhubarb. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
  • Petasites hybridus (L.)G.Gaertn., B.Mey. & Scherb. Asteraceae. Butterbur, Bog rhubarb. Distribution: Europe, NW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: “The roots are ... exceeding good in violent and pestilential fevers, they provoke the terms, expel poison, and kill worms.” Modern herbalists recommend it for a wide range of therapies, but it contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Nevertheless, in a trial aimed at reducing frequency of migraine attacks, a standardised commercial preparation was well tolerated, and was effective at higher doses, but placebo in this trial reduced migraines by over 50% in 49% of the patients (Neurology 2004
  • P. Mattioli, I discorsi ...nelli sei libri
  • Genuine Indian arrow root / sold by Randall and Co.
  • P. Mattioli, I discorsi ...nelli sei libri
  • An itinerant medicine vendor known as Medicine Jack carrying his wares in a knapsack on his back. Coloured lithograph.
  • An allegory of surgery. Engraving by R. Benard after B.L. Prevost, 17--.
  • Add maximum energy, add Glucodin : it's the Glucozest : price 1lb. for 2/9 : a Glaxo product.
  • An interior of a stylish pharmacy with the pharmacist serving a customer and an apprentice at work with the pestle and mortar. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1825.
  • Theory of diseases treated with Major Bupleurum decoction
  • Flavour of the month : jams & chutneys / Restaurant Associates.
  • Flavour of the month : jams & chutneys / Restaurant Associates.
  • Flavour of the month : jams & chutneys / Restaurant Associates.
  • Flavour of the month : jams & chutneys / Restaurant Associates.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.
  • The drug stores : humorous patter song / written by G.G. Davis ; composed by W.R. Edwards ; sung by Will Edwards.