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Rennie, Elliott
Date: 25/07/2009Reference: TP1/A/462Part of: One and Other Project- Videos
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Rehabilitation of injured sailors by the Seamen's Hospital Society, London. Reel 2.
Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]- Books
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The family treasury: or, fountain of true and useful knowledge. Containing The Farrier's Guide; or, the Horse Dissected: Being the most accurate, and satisfactory Account of the Diseases incident to that noble Beast, ever yet publish'd; with their Signs, Symptoms, Prognosticks and Cures in all Cases. A certain cure for the Glanders, without trepanning; a never-failing cure for the Grease; and another for broken winded Horses: wrote by way of Dialogue. The best Directions for breaking a Colt, and managing a Race-Horse. Certain Method to prevent Chimneys from smoking. The valuable and useful Fire-Ball, managing Bees, Singing Birds, breeding, dieting, and matching Game-Cocks with a Secret for feeding a Cock four Days before fighting, by which ninety Battles have been won out of a hundred. Miscellaneous Articles consisting of the choisest Secrets of the Royal Society, in washing, staining, painting on glass, gilding, dyeing, cleaning, &c. &c. with the Gardiner's Legacy, containing all Directions necessary for Fruit, Flower, and Kitching-Garden. Certain Methods of destroying Buggs, Rats, Mice, &c. with the true way of making up the most valuable Family Medicines never before communicated to the public. Compiled after thirty years experience, by P. Montague, gent.
Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Pictures
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A doctor reading the 'Lancet' in a gentleman's club: another member states it is boring, and suggests they play billiards which the doctor would find more boring. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1883.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1883Reference: 14280i- Ephemera
Aim for the best : Gibbs Dentifrice : 7 1/2d per tin.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Digital Images
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Papers of Charles McMoran Wilson, Lord Moran
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The British legacy: or, fountain of knowledge. Containing, (among upwards of two hundred other curious particulars, of the utmost service to families in general) the horse defected: Being the most accurate and satisfactory Account of the Diseases incident to that noble Beast, ever yet publish'd; ... Wrote by Way of Dialogue between a Horse-Doctor and a Groom, by James Macdonald, M. D. The best Manner of Breaking a Colt; of ordering a Horse of Pleasure; and ample Directions for the Management of a Race-Horse. Certain Method of preventing Chimneys from Smoaking, ... with a Print, the better to enable those concerned in Building to prevent these great Inconveniencies for the future. The valuable Fire-Ball; by the Use of which, Families may make four or five Bushels of Coals go as far as forty. An excellent Way to bring Singing-Birds to a very great Perfection, by that famous German Lewis de Burgh. Extraordinary Method of Breeding Game-Cocks; ... Indian Way of marking on Silk, Linnen, Woollen, &c. Curious Method of Casting Urine, and how Disorders are known by it. The Art of Curling, Dressing, and Colouring Hair. Sir Hans Sloane's valuable Cure for Disorders of the Eyes. Certain Method of preventing the Teeth from being uneven, or bad, by Sig. Curzoni, Operator of the Teeth and Gums. Mons. Rouille's Lip-Salve. The Tea-Tree, and Manner of growing it in England. Instructions for mounting Fans. Manner of making Elixir of Life, Friar's Balsam, &c. With the gardener's legacy; containing all the Instructions necessary for the Cultivation of the Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen-Garden. By Edward Knight. Illustrated with several Prints, many of which are in the Chinese Taste.
Date: [1754]- Books
12 books that changed the world / Melvyn Bragg.
Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-Date: 2006- Books
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The family pocket-book: or, fountain of true and useful knowledge. Containing The farrier's guide; or, the Horse Dissected: Being the most accurate, and satisfactory Account of the Diseases incident to that noble Beast, ever yet publish'd; with their Signs, Symptoms, Prognosticks and Cures in all Cases; a certain Cure for the Glanders, without trepanning; a never-failing Cure for the Grease; and another for broken-winded Horses: wrote by way of Dialogue between a Horse-Doctor and a Groom, by a late eminent Surgeon. The best Manner of breaking a Colt, of ordering a Horse of Pleasure, and ample Directions for the Management of a Race-Horse. Certain Method of preventing Chimneys from smoaking, let their Form or Situation be what they will; with a Print, the better to enable those concerned in building to prevent those great Inconveniencies for the future. The valuable Fire-Ball; by the Use of which, Families may make four or five Bushels of Coals go as far as forty. An excellent Way to bring Singing Birds to a very great Perfection, by that famous German, Lewis de Burgh. Extraordinary Method of Breeding Game-Cocks; the Manner of dieting and ordering them for Battle; sure Way of matching them: with a choice and valuable Secret for feeding a Cock four Days before fighting, communicated by a noble Lord, by which very extraordinary way of feeding, upwards of ninety Battles have been won out of a Hundred. Indian Way of marking on Silk, Linen, Woollen, &c. Curious Method of casting Urinc, and how Disorders are known by it. The Art of curling, dressing, or colouring Hair. Sir Hans Sloane's valuable Cure for Disorders of the Eyes. Certain Method of preventing the Teeth from being uneven, or bad, by Sig. Curzoni, Operator of the Teeth and Gums. Mons. Rouille's Lip-Salve. The Tea-Tree, and Manner of growing it in England. Instructions for mounting Fans. The Gardener's Legacy; containing all the Instructions necessary for the Cultivation of the Fruit, Flower, and Kitchen-Garden. The good housewife's daily companion; being a choice Collection of the most famous Physical Receipts, for the Cure of almost all Disorders of the human Body, taken chiefly from the late Sir Hans Sloane's, and the ingenious Dr. Lower's Works. Compiled after Thirty Years Experience, by Peregrine Montague, Gent.
Date: [1762?]- Books
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The universal masquerade: or, the world turn'd inside-out. Delineating and detecting the virtues and vices of mankind, From The Court to the Cottage, In all Professions, for the benefit of both sexes. Representing, I. A Perspective View of the Court and Courtiers; their Gallantries, Promises, and Entertainments display'd; as Gaming, Intriguing, Balls, Ridotto's and Assemblies. II. City Pride and Luxury; Fraud and Impositions of Vintners, Exchange - Brokers, Discounters, Lottery-Mongers, Insurers, &c. with the Trick practised by a Jew of the Alley on the D-ss of M-lb-b. III. The Foppery of Freemasonry, &c. IV. The Corruption of Magistracy exemplified, in a True Secret History of some Tr-Ing J-st-s, &c. V. Literary Bites; or, The Tricks of Author, Printers and Booksellers: with the Trials of many Criminals in Elysium, &c. VI. The two Temples of True and False Fame; the Pretensions of many Writers; with the Remarkable Receptions of Mr. Pope and Dr. Young. Vii. Fops, Epicures, &c. justly ridicul'd; and the notorious Impositions of Lawyers, Physicians, and Apothecaries detected. Viii. Fornication no Sin; or, Adultery a la Mode, defended in the Case of a First - Rate Keeper and a New-Made C-nt-Ess, &c. IX. A Sketch of the Last Judgment, whereat strict Justice is administred, and many Offenders now first brought to Light. By O. Sedgewick, Gent. ...
Sedgewick, O.Date: 1742- Videos
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Home movies Ashton.
Date: 1929-- Books
Doctoring data : how to sort out medical advice from medical nonsense / Dr Malcolm Kendrick.
Kendrick, MalcolmDate: 2014- Videos
Home movies Ashton.
Date: 1929-- Film
Home movies Ashton.
Date: 1929- Archives and manuscripts
"Ashton (old) duplicate"
Date: 1929Reference: PP/RKF/A.6/2Part of: Freudenberg, Rudolph Karl (1908-1993) and Freudenberg, Gerda (née Vorster) (1906-1995)- Pictures
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A man, half human and half skeleton. Coloured etching after R. Dighton, 17--.
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 35845i- Archives and manuscripts
Baker, Alison
Date: 06/08/2009Reference: TP1/A/739Part of: One and Other Project- Archives and manuscripts
Corporate photography shoots C0006179 - C0007933
Date: 1998-2001Reference: WT/B/11/1/34Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive