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  • Bournemouth: Sanatorium for consumption and diseases of the chest. Lithograph by Day & Son.
  • The North London Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest: elevation view of the garden facade with balconies indicated, people walking among trees at ground level. Process print by Sprague & Co., ca.1879, after A. Howard.
  • The National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart, London: a doctor and nurse use an electro-cardiograph to give a patient a heart test. Photograph, ca. 1922.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Gloriosa superba L. Colchicaceae Gloriosa lily. Gloriosa rothschildiana is now a synonym. Climbing plant. Distribution: Southern Africa to Asia. National flower of Zimbabwe, state flower of Tamil Nadu. Contains colchicine which is poisonous, teratogenic and used for treating gout, Familial Mediterranean fever and Behcet's disease. Its toxicity limits its use as a anti-cancer agent. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Lithograph by T. G. Dutton after F. J. Francis, 1844.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Lithograph by T. G. Dutton after F. J. Francis, 1844.
  • Brompton Hospital: foundation stone laid 11th June, 1844.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Wood engraving by O. P. Nicholls after F. W. Hulme.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Wood engraving after F. J. Francis, 1844.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Wood engraving by T. G. Dutton after F. J. Francis, 1844.
  • The Hospital for Consumption, Brompton Road, Fulham: viewed from the road. Wood engraving by T. G. Dutton after F. J. Francis, 1844.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical and other interest in the City of London, and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical and other interest in the City of London, and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Lambeth, Pimlico, Southwark and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
  • A map of London: showing sites of medical interest in Lambeth, Pimlico, Southwark and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.
  • Larynx, trachea and neighbouring parts showing cyst in thyroid gland
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Dice representing gambling with health; an advertisement for the Genito Urinary Medicine Clinic (GUM) for treatment and advice on sexually transmitted diseases like Aids by The Health Promotion Agency for Northern Ireland. Colour lithograph.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with fear, or fear of everything, and with a propensity to attempt suicide. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A woman diagnosed as suffering from melancholia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing made for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with strong suicidal tendency. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1837, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from melancholia with strong suicidal tendency. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1837, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from acute dementia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1836/1841, for Sir Alexander Morison.
  • A man diagnosed as suffering from acute dementia. Lithograph, 1892, after a drawing by Alexander Johnston, 1836/1841, for Sir Alexander Morison.