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  • Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).
  • Directions for using 'Stypven' Russell Viper Venom (not for injection).
  • Birkbeck, T. B.
  • Chinese drugs personified: Lithograph, 1935
  • Inula helenium L. Asteraceae. Elecampine, Elecampane, Enulae campinae Distribution: Britain, S. Europe to the Himalayas. Used medicinally for 2,000 years. Culpeper (1650) writes ‘Elecampane, is ... wholesome for the stomach, resists poison, helps old coughs and shortness of breath, helps ruptures and provokes lust
  • Theory of diseases treated with Minor Bupleurum decoction
  • Theory of diseases treated with chaihu guizhi tang, Chinese
  • James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.