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Zantedeschia aethiopica (L)Spreng. Calla lily, Arum lily. Half hardy annual. Distribution: South Africa. The genus name commemorates Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) an Italian physician and botanist. Born in Molina he studied medicine in Verona and Padua. He corresponded with the German botanist, Kurt Sprengel, who named the genus Zantedeschia in his honour in 1826, separating it from Calla, where, as C. aethiopica, it had been previously described by Linnaeus. He had broad interests, including the effect of different parts of the spectrum of light on plant growth, reporting in 1843, that red, orange and yellow light are heliotropically inactive. The botanic museum in Molina is dedicated to his memory. Aethiopica, merely means 'African'. The leaves are used as a warm poultice for headaches in ‘muthi’ medicine. It has become an invasive weed in parts of Australia. It was introduced, as a greenhouse plant, to Europe in the mid-17th century, where the long lasting flowers are popular in flower arranging and for weddings and funerals – a curious combination (Oakeley, 2012). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Nature and society in historical context / edited by Mikuláš Teich, Robinson College, Cambridge, Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, and Bo Gustafsson, The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences (SCASSS), Uppsala.
Date: 1997- Books
Heilen an Leib und Seele : Medizin und Hygiene im 18. Jahrhundert / herausgegeben im Auftrag der Franckeschen Stiftungen von Holger Zaunstöck und Thomas Grunewald.
Date: [2021]- Archives and manuscripts
The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)
Rosen, Ismond, (1924-1996) MB, BCH 1946, DPM 1951, MD 1954, FRSM, Hon. FRCPsych (posthumous), Fellow Society of Portrait SculptorsDate: c.1941-2010Reference: PP/ROS- Archives and manuscripts
Medical Women's Federation
Medical Womens' FederationDate: 1879-1988Reference: SA/MWF- Books
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A catalogue of books; containing several valuable collections, lately purchased. Amongst them are the following Rare Books: Religious Ceremonies, 7 vol. l. p. Banier's Ovid, Fr. & Eng. Temple of the Muses, Picart's cuts Montfaucon's Antiq. and Supplem. 8 vol. Stuart's Antiq. of Athens Strange's Prints, fine impressions Cupid and Psyche, by M. Antonio Rymsdyk's Museum Birtannicum Ruins of Balbec, large paper Spence's Polymetis, first impressions Dutch Voyages, 12 vol. first impressisus Sandrart's Works, in German, 6 vol. Des Barre's Atlantic Neptune Bleau's Atlas, 8 vol. royal paper Dunn's Atlas-Mundane System Blair Chronology, with the maps Surveys of Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Cheshire, Buckingham, &c. &c. Rennell's Bengal Atlas, and Map of Hindostan, 2 vol. De Lisle's Atlas, bound in russia Bracton de Legibus, a MS. on vellum Grotius on War and Peace - 1738 Excise Laws, best edit. East India Acts and Charters 1786 Blome's Bible, 2 vol. royal paper Whiston's Josephus, large paper Barclay's Ship of Fooles, b. l. Taylor the Water Poet, fine copy Chambers's Dict. and Sup. 4 vol. russia Motherby's Medicinal Dict. best edit. Gerrard's Herbal, by Johnson 1636 Gentleman's Recreation, fine copy Hill's British Herbal, and Fossils Hooke's Micrographia, fine impressions Beslery Plantarum, 2 tom. - 1612 Willughby's Birds and Fishes Hist. Anglicanae Scriptores, 2 vol. Hollandi Heroologia, first impressions Tanneri Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica Alcoran, in Arabic, bound in morocco Slezer's Theatrum Scotiae, large paper Claude Lorrain's Landscapes and Etchings Hogarth's Works, first impressions Carter's Antiquities Fouquet's Views in Amsterdam, 2 vol. Rademaker's Views in Holland, 2 vol. Views in Brabantia, by Hollar, &c. Oeuvres de Hedlinger Icones Operum Misericordiae Teniers Theatrum Pictorum Romaine de Hooge's Prints to the Bible and Testament, 2 vol. large paper Burton's Leicester, first edition Dart's Westminster Abbey, 2 vol. l. p. Dugdale's St. Paul's, best edit. - Monasticon Anglicanum - Summons to Parliament Edmondson's Heraldry, 2 vol. General Dictionary, 10 vol. Hughes's Barbadoes, large paper Kaempser's Japan, 2 vol. l. p. Leigh's Lancashire Plot's Oxfordshire, best edition Peck's Stamford, large paper Rycaut's Commentaries of Peru Rapin and Tindal, 5 vol. Raleigh's World, 2 vol. best edit. Thoresby's Leeds, fine copy Weever's Funeral Monuments, fine copy La Hypnerotomachia di Poliphilo 1545 Voyage Le Brun, 2 tom. large paper Cooke's Last Voyage, first impressions Harleian Miscellany, 8 vol. fine copy Drinkwater's Siege of Gibraltar Hardyng's Chronicle, b. l. - 1543 Henry Viith's Primer, original edition 1545 Lewis's Antiq. of Tenet, large paper 1736 Lloyd's Wales, by Powel, b. l. - 1585 Long's Astronomy, 2 vol. large paper Bp. Wilson's Bible, 3 vol. russia Gay's Fables, 2 vol. 4to. 1727 & 38 The Books, in general, are in exceeding good Condition; some of them in Elegant Bindings; and are now selling, very cheap, for Ready Money only, By Henry Chapman, Bookseller, No. 65, Chandois Street, Covent Garden, near Bedford Court; Removed from Old Round Court, Strand. Catalogues to be had of the following Booksellers (price 6d, allowed to the Purchasers of Ten Shillings): Mr. S. Hayes, No. 332, Oxford Street; Mr. S. Walker, Paternoster Row; Mr. Collins, Change Alley; Mr. King, New Broad Street; Mess. Fletchers, Oxford; Mess. Merrills, Cambridge; and at the Place of Sale. N. B. The Full Value given for any Library or Parcel of Books.
Chapman, Henry, active 1776-1796.Date: 1788]- Archives and manuscripts
Circulars Book 3
Date: 1898-1903Reference: WF/M/GB/01/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
The Einstein of sex.
Date: 1999- Archives and manuscripts
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Miscellanea Alchemica XXI
Date: 1746Reference: MS.3563- Archives and manuscripts
Bound collection of papers and articles by Leopold Stein
Stein, LeopoldDate: 1921-1926Reference: PP/LST/A/1/2Part of: Papers of Leopold Stein- Archives and manuscripts
Circulars Book 4
Date: 1903-1904Reference: WF/M/GB/01/05Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
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James Graham and Gustavus Katterfelto in combat using electrotherapy machines as weapons. Etching, 1783.
Date: 17 March 1783Reference: 20790i- Archives and manuscripts
Dicks, Henry
Dicks, Henry Victor (1900-1977)Date: 1930-1976Reference: PP/HVD- Books
Why we love music : from Mozart to Metallica : the emotional power of beautiful sounds / John Powell.
Powell, John, 1955-Date: 2016- Books
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Sammlung der wichtigsten Abhandlungen über die jetzt herrschende Cholera-Seuche / aus dem Englischen übersetzt und mit erklärenden und berichtigenden Anmerkungen versehen von Ferdinand Friedrich Reuss.
Reuss, Ferdinand Friedrich von, 1778-1852.Date: 1831-32- Archives and manuscripts
Circulars Book 6
Date: 1906-1907Reference: WF/M/GB/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Dr George Csonka: archives
Csonka, Dr GeorgeDate: 1940s-1990sReference: PP/CSO- Videos
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Amputation of the lower leg.
Date: 1903- Archives and manuscripts
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"Versehung des Leibs" (incomplete), followed by a "Practica" in prose (by Bartholomaeus Salernitanus [& others]?)
Louffenberg, Heinrich von, 1391-1460.Date: c.1475Reference: MS.438Part of: Louffenberg, Heinrich von (1391-1460)- Archives and manuscripts
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Johann Lochner, Consilia
Lochner, Johann ( -1491)Date: Late 15th centuryReference: MS.433- Archives and manuscripts
Monthly Memoranda (points for propaganda)
Date: 1940Reference: WF/M/GB/30/11Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Letters from Benjamin Stephen Hobson
Date: 1856-1869Reference: MS.5836Part of: Morrison and Hobson Families- Archives and manuscripts
Professional Correspondence
Date: c.1907-1988Reference: PP/MLV/CPart of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
Kemadrin (first marketed UK in November 1951)
Date: 1951-1985Reference: WF/M/PL/164Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: Kalisch-Kersley
Date: 1807-1962Reference: MS.8897