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  • Aphrodisiacus. Containing a summary of the ancient writers on the venereal disease ... Extracted from the two tomes of Aloysius Luisinus, which by the direction of Dr. Boerhaave, were lately revised and reprinted at Leyden. Together with an index of all others omitted in that collection ... from the beginning of the sixteenth century down to the present time. With a large preface, by Daniel Turner.
  • The letters VD (venereal diseases) being broken through by an invisible hand, representing early management and cure of the diseases. Colour lithograph by A. Games, ca. 1951.
  • An essay on the venereal diseases which have been confounded with symptoms, which exclusively arise from that poison ... / [Richard Carmichael].
  • The secret companion, a medical work on onanism ... and on venereal and syphilitic diseases ... followed by observations on marriage.
  • An essay on the venereal diseases which have been confounded with symptoms, which exclusively arise from that poison ... / [Richard Carmichael].
  • A naked couple embrace with the male and female symbols; advertisement for the use of condoms to prevent venereal diseases like AIDS. Lithograph.
  • Practical methods in the diagnosis & treatment of venereal diseases : for medical practitioners and students / by David Lees ; with introduction by Wm. Robertson.
  • A naked couple embrace with the male and female symbols; advertisement for the use of condoms to prevent venereal diseases like AIDS. Black and white lithograph.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Atlas of skin and venereal diseases / comprising original illustrations and selections from the plates of M. Kaposi [and others] ; with original text by Prince A. Morrow.
  • Delaun reviv'd, viz. a plain ... discourse of that famous doctor's pills. ... With choice receipts for the cure of the scurvy, dropsy, jaundies, venereal and other diseases / [N. L].
  • Delaun reviv'd, viz. a plain ... discourse of that famous doctor's pills. ... With choice receipts for the cure of the scurvy, dropsy, jaundies, venereal and other diseases / [N. L].
  • Prevention of venereal diseases: the black silhouettes of a woman and a man approach each other, she from an orange ground, he standing on mauve letters VD on a red ground. Colour lithograph, ca. 1962.
  • Prevention of venereal diseases: the feet of a man standing on the letters VD on a blue ground are approached by the feet of a woman who places the toes of one foot on the letters VD. Colour lithograph, ca. 1964.
  • Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. Combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Asteraceae. Coneflower. Distribution: North America. Austin (2004) records that the roots were chewed, or used as a tincture for coughs by the Choctaw. It was combined with Rhus typhina to treat venereal disease by the Delaware. Very little record of this being used by Native Americans, who used E. angustifolia very widely - Regarded as a panacea and magical herb. This and E. pallida were used to treat snakebite, spider bite, cancer, toothache, burns, sores, wounds, flu and colds. E. purpurea in modern times has been used as an ‘immunostimulant’, but is known to cause a fall in white cell count, and to be purely a placebo. Licensed for use as a Traditional Herbal Medicine, which does not require proof of efficacy, in the UK. Licensed as a Traditional Herbal Remedy in the UK (Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Atlas of syphilis and the veneral diseases : including a brief treatise on the pathology and treatment / by Prof. Dr. Franz Mraček, edited by L. Bolton Bangs.
  • Atlas of syphilis and the veneral diseases : including a brief treatise on the pathology and treatment / by Prof. Dr. Franz Mraček, edited by L. Bolton Bangs.