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  • Pelargonium tricuspidatum L'Her. Geraniaceae Distribution: South Africa. Mainly used to produce aromatic oils. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with various figures at ground level either side. Engraving in trompe l'oeil style, 1707.
  • Rosa damascena Mill. Rosaceae Distribution: Garden origin. A hybrid between R. gallica and R. moschata.. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Lectures on electricity and galvanism, in their physiological and therapeutical relations, delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, revised and extended. By Golding Bird / [Golding Bird].
  • Aster asperulus Wall. Asteraceae. Himalayan Fall Aster. Herbaceous perennial. Distribution: Himalayas. Only recently introduced into cultivation Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Reineckea carnea Kunth. Convallariaceae Distribution: China Named for Joseph Heinrich Julius Reinecke (1799-1871) of Berlin (Stearn, 1994). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • International medical symposium : "Early intervention in human immunodeficiency virus infection" at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 : Friday, November 30th, 1990.
  • Qualification to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery : I ... president of the Royal College of Physicians of London, with the consent of the fellows of the same college, have, under the authority given to us by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament, granted to ... who has satisfied the College of his proficiency, our licence under the said charter to practise physic including therein the practise of medicine, surgery, and midwifery ...
  • Qualification to practise medicine, surgery, and midwifery : I ... president of the Royal College of Physicians of London, with the consent of the fellows of the same college, have, under the authority given to us by Royal Charter and Act of Parliament, granted to ... who has satisfied the College of his proficiency, our licence under the said charter to practise physic including therein the practise of medicine, surgery, and midwifery.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the interior of the Hall, during the examination of a candidate. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin, 1808.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the interior of the Hall, during the examination of a candidate. Coloured aquatint by J. Bluck after T. Rowlandson and A. C. Pugin, 1808.
  • Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Geranium maderense Yeo Geraniaceae Tender evergreen biennial. Madeira cranesbill. Distribution: Madeira. Solely grown for its spectacular flowers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance and anatomical theatre, in elevation and section. Engraving by J. Le Keux after S. Ware, 1825.
  • On the recent improvements in the art of distinguishing the various diseases of the heart, being the Lumleyan Lectures delivered before the Royal College of Physicians in the year 1829 / By John Elliotson.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866.
  • Terrible tractoration!! A poetical petition against galvanising trumpery, and the Perkinistic Institution. In four cantos : most respectfully addressed to the Royal College of Physicians / By Christopher Caustic.
  • Four scenes from W. Combe's verse Dr. Last or the devil upon two sticks, a parody of the Royal College of Physicians, and in particular John Fothergill. Engraving after W. Combe.
  • Portraits of Thomas Harvey and his 7 sons. The group of portraits set in plaster as they appeared at Rolls Park Essex. From an old photograph in the Library of the Royal College of Physicians.
  • Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.
  • The laryngoscope : directions for its use, and practical illustrations of its value in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the throat and nose two lectures delivered at the Royal College of Physicians / by George Johnson.
  • The Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance and anatomical theatre, in elevation and section, with plans. Engraving by W. Lowry after J. Elmes after C. R. Cockerell, 1823.
  • Petasites paradoxus Baumg. Asteraceae Alpine Butterbur. Herbaceous Perennial. Distribution: Temperate Northern hemisphere. It contains pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which are hepatotoxic and cause liver cancers. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • An episode in Samuel Foote's play The devil upon two sticks: the cobbler Emmanuel Last is examined for entry as a licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians by Dr Hellebore, the president of the college. Mezzotint by J. Finlayson after J. Zoffany, 1769.
  • Haemanthus albiflos Jacq. Amaryllidaceae. Paintbrush plant. Distribution: South Africa. Used as a cough medicine and as a charm to ward off lightning (Pooley, 1998). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.