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  • The history of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge / By Tho. Sprat.
  • We, the court of examiners, chosen and appointed by the master, wardens and assistants of the Society of the Art and Mystery of Apothecaries of the City of London in pursuance of a certain Act of Parliament passed in the 55th year of the reign of his majesty King George the third entitled an Act for the better regulating the practice of apothecaries throughout England and Wales, do hereby by virtue of the power & authority invested by the said Act certify that ... has been by us carefully and deliberately examined as to his skills & abilities in the science & practice of medicine ... duly qualified as an apothecary.
  • Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad beans, Fava bean. Distribution: N. Africa, SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Fabarum. Of Beans. Of Bean Cods (or Pods as we in Sussex call them) being burned, the ashes are a sovereign remedy for aches in the joints, old bruises, gout and sciaticaes.’ The beans are perfectly edible for the majority, but 1% of Caucasians, predominantly among Greeks, Italians and people from the Eastern Mediterranean regions, have a genetic trait in that they lack the ability to produce the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. As a consequence, eating broad beans or even inhaling the pollen, causes a severe haemolytic anaemia a few days later. This condition is known as favism. The whole plant, including the beans, contains levodopa, a precursor of dopamine, and some patients with Parkinsonism report symptomatic improvement after commencing on a diet that contains these beans regularly. A case of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome (fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, altered consciousness, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels) consequent on abrupt discontinuation of a diet containing plenty of broad beans, has been described in a patient with Parkinsonism. This is usually seen when patients abruptly discontinue L-dopa therapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • London Missionary School of Medicine: a group of students. Photograph, 1907/1908.
  • The standard approved on by the Society for the Shew of Canary Birds.
  • London Society for the Protection of Young Females. Wood engraving.
  • T. Birch, The History of the Royal Society
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The healer.
  • The London and provincial medical directory.
  • Phyllis Johnson, a prostitute with her name and price. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • Phyllis Johnson, a prostitute with her name and price. Etching by a follower of Wenceslaus Hollar, 180- (?).
  • Playground of the Home and Colonial Infant School Society, London. Wood engraving, c. 1840.
  • Arteries and veins, illustrating an article entitled "Artery" in an encyclopedia. Engraving by J. Mynde, 18th century.
  • The ghost of the revolutionary politician Mirabeau giving an address. Coloured etching, 1791.
  • John Wolcot (Peter Pindar) with a copy of his 'Odes' in his pocket, shrinks from an approaching gentleman with a paper labelled 'pension'. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1787.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • Asylums ephemera. Box 1.
  • John Heaviside. Coloured mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1803, after J. Zoffany.
  • John Heaviside. Coloured mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1803, after J. Zoffany.
  • John Heaviside. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1803, after J. Zoffany.
  • A nun, traditionally identified as Suor Maria Celeste, daughter of Galileo Galilei. Oil painting.
  • A nun, traditionally identified as Suor Maria Celeste, daughter of Galileo Galilei. Oil painting.
  • A nun, traditionally identified as Suor Maria Celeste, daughter of Galileo Galilei. Oil painting.