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  • Typhus prevention: (Indian?) soldiers having their kit disinfected in order to prevent typhus and relapsing fever. Photograph, 1914/1918.
  • Men washing themselves in a public or factory bathroom to prevent typhus, and having clothes cleaned in an industrial cleanser. Colour lithograph by V.S., 1921.
  • World War II: hygiene instructions against typhus for the British army in Italy. Colour lithograph by Stacey Hopper, 1944.
  • Men washing themselves in a public or factory bathroom to prevent typhus, and having clothes cleaned in an industrial cleanser. Colour lithograph by V.S., 1921.
  • Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).
  • People using Anios disinfectant to destroy microbes representing infectious diseases. Colour lithograph by G. de Trye-Maison, ca. 1910.
  • Theory of diseases treated with Minor Bupleurum decoction
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leaves and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [wishes to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Papaver rhoeas L. Papaveraceae Corn Poppy, Flanders Poppy. Distribution: Temperate Old World. Dioscorides (Gunther, 1959) recommended five or six seed heads in wine to get a good night's sleep the leave and seeds applied as a poultice to heal inflammation, and the decoction sprinkled on was soporiferous. Culpeper (1650) ' ... Syrup of Red, or Erratick Poppies: by many called Corn-Roses. ... Some are of the opinion that these Poppies are the coldest of all other - believe them that list [who wish to]: I know no danger in this syrup, so it be taken in moderation and bread immoderately taken hurts
  • Bencao Gangmu -- C.16 Chinese materia medica, Bezoars, etc.