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  • The Addictions Forum in association with The Alcohol Research Group - the University of Edinburgh present the Third National Conference on Drugs & AIDS ... : 3 and 4 November 1992, Queen Mother Conference Centre, Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH12 1JQ.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • AIDS : issues and perspectives : a conference for everyone wishing to contribute to the public understanding of science : on Saturday 5 December 1992, 10.00am - 4.30 pm at Channel 4 Preview Studio, 44 Whitfield Street, London W1 / Birkbeck College University of London Centre for Extra-Mural Studies in association with Channel Four Television.
  • Hacquetia epipactis DC Apiaceae. Small herbaceous perennial. No common name except Hacquetia Distribution: Europe. Named for the Austrian physician, Balthasar (or Belsazar) Hacquet (1739/40-1815). He studied medicine in Vienna, was a surgeon in the brutal Seven Years War (1756-1763) – a world-wide war in which up to 1,400,000 people died. Later he was professor at the University of Lemberg (1788-1810). He wrote widely on many scientific disciplines including geology. Parkinson (1640) grouped it with Helleborus and Veratrum, calling it 'Epipactis Matthioli, Matthiolus, his bastard black hellebore' but does not give any uses. It has no medicinal properties. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Read, 1825, after W.H. Playfair.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, Scotland. Wood engraving.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, Scotland. Wood engraving.
  • The Royal Institution with Edinburgh Castle in the background, Scotland. Line engraving by W. Deeble, 1837, after G.M. Kemp.
  • The Royal Institution and Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. Etching.
  • Figures strolling outside the Physicians Hall, Edinburgh. Line engraving by J. Henshall, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • The Royal Institution with Edinburgh cityscape behind, Scotland. Line engraving by S. Lacy, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Figures strolling outside the Physicians Hall, Edinburgh. Line engraving by J. Henshall, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Facade of the church at Kings College, Aberdeen. Engraving by J.H. Le Keux after R.W. Billings.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, Scotland. Transfer lithograph by Fr. Schenck.
  • The Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries, Scotland. Transfer lithograph by Fr. Schenck.
  • A figure standing in the gardens of Surgeon's Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by T. Barber, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • A figure standing in the gardens of Surgeon's Square, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by T. Barber, 1830, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland. Etching by J. Gellatly after J. Henderson.
  • Trinity College, Glenalmond, Perthshire, Scotland. Wood engraving.
  • The Royal Institution or School of Arts, Edinburgh, Scotland. Line engraving by A. Cruse, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • St. Enoch's Church, Surgeons Hall and square, Glasgow, Scotland. Line engraving.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Busy street-life in front of Edinburgh University, Scotland. Line engraving by W.H. Lizars, 1829, after T.H. Shepherd.
  • Anderson's University, Glasgow; where David Livingstone studied medicine and theology. Lithograph.
  • The medical directory.
  • King's College (London) Medical Faculty Rugby Team: group portrait of winning team with cup for the 1925-1926 season. Photograph, 1926.
  • Lonicera periclymenum L. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle Distribution: Europe. This shrubby, fragrant, white-flowered honeysuckle is named for Adam Lonitzer (Lonicerus) (1528–86). German botanist, physician and author of Naturalis historiae opus novum (1551, 1555) and the Kreuterbuch (1557)