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Andromache lamenting over the dead body of her husband Hector, surrounded by grieving members of the Trojan court. Engraving by D. Cunego, 1764, after Gavin Hamilton.
Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798.Date: [1764?]Reference: 3063626i- Pictures
Achilles embracing the dead body of Patroclus, surrounded by women on the left and Greek generals on the right. Engraving by D. Cunego, ca. 1769, after G. Hamilton.
Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798.Date: [1769?]Reference: 2856157i- Pictures
Silenus: head and shoulders, his head wreathed with vine leaves. Etching by R. Blyth, 1779, after J.H. Mortimer.
Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779.Date: July 19th 1779Reference: 3063664i- Pictures
The hunting of the Calydonian wild boar. Etching after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 3055864i- Archives and manuscripts
Catalogues for exhibitions held at Wellcome Collection, 2007-2017
Date: 2007-2017Reference: WT/D/1/10/9Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
MS Japanese 48
Date: 1864- Pictures
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George Alexander (Gratton), a black boy with white markings. Engraving by P.R. Cooper, 1809, after D. Orme.
Orme, Daniel, 1766-1837.Date: [November 11th 1809]Reference: 125i- Pictures
Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, celebrating the anniversary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1836.
Burnet, John, 1784-1868.Date: [1836]Reference: 2897098i- Books
Early modern spectatorship : interpreting English culture, 1500-1780 / edited by Ronald Huebert and David McNeil.
Date: [2019]- Pictures
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Two men, one in drag, sit together on a bench. Photographic postcard, 190-.
Date: [between 1900 and 1901?]Reference: 2043447iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Books
The falling sky : words of a Yanomami shaman / Davi Kopenawa, Bruce Albert ; translated by Nicholas Elliott and Alison Dundy.
Kopenawa, DaviDate: [2013]- Pictures
The Pantheon, Rome: interior. Etching by J.S. Müller, 1774, after G.B. Panini.
Panini, Gian Paolo, 1691 or 1692-1765.Date: 1774Reference: 2921414i- Books
Ecstatic antibodies : resisting the AIDS mythology / edited by Tessa Boffin and Sunil Gupta.
Date: 1990- Digital Images
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Atropa belladonna L. Solanaceae. Deadly nightshade. Dwale. Morella, Solatrum, Hound's berries, Uva lupina, Cucubalus, Solanum lethale. Atropa derives from Atropos the oldest of the three Fates of Greek mythology who cut the thread of Life (her sisters Clotho and Lachesis spun and measured the thread, respectively). belladonna, literally, means 'beautiful lady' and was the Italian name for it. Folklore has it that Italian ladies put drops from the plant or the fruits in their eyes to make themselves doe-eyed, myopic and beautiful. However, this is not supported by the 16th and 17th century literature, where no mention is ever made of dilated pupils (or any of the effects of parasympathetic blockade). Tournefort (1719) says 'The Italians named this plant Belladonna, which in their language signifies a beautiful woman, because the ladies use it much in the composition of their Fucus [rouge or deceit or cosmetic] or face paint.' Parkinson says that the Italian ladies use the distilled juice as a fucus '... peradventure [perhaps] to take away their high colour and make them looke paler.' I think it more likely that they absorbed atropine through their skin and were slightly 'stoned' and disinhibited, which made them beautiful ladies in the eyes of Italian males. Distribution: Europe, North Africa, western Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Solanum. Nightshade: very cold and dry, binding … dangerous given inwardly … outwardly it helps the shingles, St Antonie's Fire [erysipelas] and other hot inflammation.' Most of the 16th, 17th and 18th century herbals recommend it topically for breast cancers. Poisonous plants were regarded as 'cold' plants as an excess of them caused death and the body became cold. They were regarded as opposing the hot humour which kept us warm and alive. Poultices of Belladonna leaves are still recommended for muscle strain in cyclists, by herbalists. Gerard (1633) writes that it: 'causeth sleep, troubleth the mind, bringeth madnesse if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be taken they also kill...'. He was also aware that the alkaloids could be absorbed through the skin for he notes that a poultice of the leaves applied to the forehead, induces sleep, and relieves headache. The whole plant contains the anticholinergic alkaloid atropine, which blocks the peripheral actions of acetylcholine in the parasympathetic nervous system. Atropine is a racemic mixture of d- and l- hyoscyamine. Atropine, dropped into the eyes, blocks the acetylcholine receptors of the pupil so it no longer constricts on exposure to bright light - so enabling an ophthalmologist to examine the retina with an ophthalmoscope. Atropine speeds up the heart rate, reduces salivation and sweating, reduces gut motility, inhibits the vertigo of sea sickness, and is used to block the acetylcholine receptors to prevent the effects of organophosphorous and other nerve gas poisons. It is still has important uses in medicine. Atropine poisoning takes three or for days to wear off, and the hallucinations experienced by its use are described as unpleasant. We have to be content with 'madness', 'frenzie' and 'idle and vain imaginations' in the early herbals to describe the hallucinations of atropine and related alkaloids as the word 'hallucination' in the sense of a perception for which there is no external stimulus, was not used in English until 1646 (Sir T. Browne, 1646). It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be sold in premises which are registered pharmacies and by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Mitochondrial Permeability Transition pore 'North passage'
Odra Noel- Digital Images
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Mitochondrial Permeability Transition pore 'North passage'
Odra Noel- Pictures
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A village ale-house, in which the landlord is offering a watch as the prize in a raffle. Engraving by G. Greatbach after E. Bird.
Bird, Edward, 1772-1819.Date: [1852]Reference: 33361i- Pictures
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A pack of dogs has hunted down a fox and is about to kill it. Coloured line block after an engraving by C. Tomkins after W. J. Shayer.
Shayer, William, 1787-1879.Reference: 41616i- Pictures
China during the Cultural Revolution: Zhou Enlai stands amidst plum blossoms, comparing him to the blossom of the plum tree. Colour lithograph, 1977, after Zeng Shanqing.
Zeng, Shanqing.Date: May 1977Reference: 661286i- Digital Images
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Map of health
Odra Noel- Pictures
['La Chambre Verte' collage]
Donaldson Walters, SheilaDate:- Pictures
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Pensioners of the Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, celebrating the anniversary of Nelson's victory at Trafalgar. Engraving by J. Burnet, 1836.
Burnet, John, 1784-1868.Date: 10 June 1836Reference: 24957i- Pictures
A shepherd watches the choking of a snared wolf that has killed a lamb; trappers hold back their hunting hounds while a shepherdess grieves for the lamb. Mezzotint by W.T. Annis, 1802, after J. Ward.
Ward, James, 1769-1859.Date: May 1st. 1802Reference: 3106210i- Books
Tools for today : art, writing and conversation / art, Jess MacCormack ; comics, Morgan Sea & Simonne Durette ; book layout, Jen MacCormack & Jess MacCormack.
MacCormack, JessDate: 2021- Archives and manuscripts
Richard Ashmole Cooper - commemorative booklet
Date: 1946Reference: WF/C/P/02/09Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd