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  • A doctor waiting for his patient to vomit after administering an emetic. Coloured aquatint by G.M. Woodward, 1800.
  • A king sits drinking at a table surrounded by revelling courtiers and a man about to vomit. Engraving after J. Jordaens, c. 1640.
  • The Virgin miraculously heals a man possessed by a devil by making him vomit nails. Etching by Luigi Nuti after Giovanni da san Giovanni.
  • A group of grimacing men force one of their number to vomit in a bowl. Coloured lithograph by F-S. Delpech after L. Boilly, 1823.
  • 'Philijpÿn' helps a donkey to vomit while a 'Doctor Financier' examines a urine sample;; representing the state of Spain under the monarchy of King Philip V. Etching attributed to A. Allard, 1711.
  • Four men watch, some holding their noses, as a man vomits; representing the sense of smell. Pen and ink drawing by P. Boone, 1651.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Two peasants sit at a table as a third man vomits on the floor. Etching by D. Deuchar, c. 1784, after A. van Ostade (?).
  • Six peasants carousing in a barn as a seventh man vomits in the corner. Etching by J. de Visscher, 17th century, after J. Danckerts.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Lord Durham, the Governor-General of the British provinces in North America, sits beside E. Ellice on a ship as Turton vomits over the side. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
  • Cuando el vómito es incontrolable prescriba Bonamina ... : Terramicina SF, Tetracyna SF ... suprime más rápidamente la infección, favorece la convalencia / Laboratorios Pfizer, S.A.
  • Suprime más rápidamente la infección, favorece la convalencia ...Terramicina SF, Tetracyna SF ... : Cuando el vómito es incontrolable prescriba Bonamina ... / Laboratorios Pfizer, S.A.
  • Cuando el vómito es incontrolable prescriba Bonamina ... : Terramicina SF, Tetracyna SF ... suprime más rápidamente la infección, favorece la convalencia / Laboratorios Pfizer, S.A.
  • Suprime más rápidamente la infección, favorece la convalencia ...Terramicina SF, Tetracyna SF ... : Cuando el vómito es incontrolable prescriba Bonamina ... / Laboratorios Pfizer, S.A.
  • Vomiting and sickness, artwork
  • Viola canina L. Violaceae Distribution: Europe. Culpeper (1650) writes 'Violets (to whit the blew ones, for I know little or no use of the white ones in physic) ... provoke sleep, loosen the belly, resist fevers, help inflammations, ... ease pains in the head, help the roughness of the windpipe, soreness in the throat, inflammations in the breast and sides, pleurisies, open stoppings of the liver and help the yellow jaundice'. 'Violet leaves, they are cool, ease pains in the head proceeding of heat, and frenzies, either inwardly taken or outwardly applied, heat of the stomach, or inflammation of the lungs.' It still has the same reputation in modern herbal medicine, and while its safety is not known, it is regarded as edible and flowers are used to garnish salads. Larger quantities are emetic – make one vomit. Not licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Witchcraft: a bewitched woman vomiting. Woodcut, 1720.
  • C14 Chinese medication chart: Vomiting, coughing etc.
  • Dramasán (drammamina e clorotin) : un positivo avance en la terapéutica del mareo, vómitos y náuseas / Instituto Sanitas Sociedad Peruana.
  • Dramasán (drammamina e clorotin) : un positivo avance en la terapéutica del mareo, vómitos y náuseas / Instituto Sanitas Sociedad Peruana.
  • Bulletin. No. 29, Vomiting in pregnancy / Clinical Department of The Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • Bulletin. No. 29, Vomiting in pregnancy / Clinical Department of The Vibrator Instrument Company.
  • An ill man seated by a fireplace vomiting into a bowl. Pencil drawing.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae Castor oil plant. Palma Christi. Distribution: Mediterranean, E Africa, India. The seeds themselves are pretty, brown, bean-like usually with gold filigree markings on them, and the interior of the seed is the source of castor oil. The outer coat of the seed is the source of the poison ricin, famous (infamous) for the umbrella murder of Georgi Markov on Waterloo Bridge in 1978. The KGB are alleged to have killed Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist, with a pellet containing 0.28mgm of ricin fired into his leg using a specially adapted air gun in an umbrella. While his symptoms were those of ricin poisoning, no ricin was ever found in the pellet that was extracted from his leg. Two seeds, chewed and ingested are said to be fatal, but most people vomit and get rid of the toxin. Ducks are resistant to ricin, and need to ingest more than 80 to be fatal! In Peru the leaves are used as a tea for stomach ache, although they contain small amounts of ricin. It is called Palma Christi in early herbals because of the five pointed leaves, which schematically represent a hand. It is a monotypic genus in the spurge family. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • A woman holding the head of a man who is vomiting. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1936.