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Medicine in Britain : a guide for overseas doctors / by C. Allan Birch.
Birch, C. Allan (Charles Allan)Date: 1966- Pictures
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Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with the aid of assistants. Coloured etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817.Date: 1 April 1792Reference: 20579i- Pictures
Doctor Bossy, an itinerant medicine vendor, selling his wares on stage with assistants at Covent Garden, London. Etching by W. Birch, 1792, after A. van Assen.
Van Assen, Benedictus Antonio, -1817.Date: 1 April 1792Reference: 20577i- Books
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List of subscribers to the British views, publishing by W. Birch, enamel painter, under the title of Delices de la Grande Bretagne. The proposals are at the front of the first number.
Birch, William Russell, 1755-1834.Date: 1791]- Books
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A twig of birch for a butting calf; or Strictures upon remarks on the emigration of Doctor Joseph Priestly, &c. &c. By "a brother of the birch." To which is added, an historical anecdote. Translated from the French. [Four lines from M'Fingal]
Brother of the birch.Date: M,DCC,XCV. [1795]- Pictures
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A woman school-teacher sitting on a chair with birches in her hand as a small boy stands in front of her and another child holding a book looks on. Engraving by W.H. Simmons after T. Webster.
Webster, Thomas, 1800-1886.Date: 1837Reference: 28983i- Books
A collection of the yearly bills of mortality, from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. : Together with several other bills of an earlier date. To which are subjoined: I. Natural and political observations on the bills of mortality: by Capt. John Graunt, F.R.S. reprinted from the sixth edition, in 1676. II. Another essay in political arithmetic, concerning the growth of the city of London ; with the measures, periods, causes, and consequences thereof. By Sir William Petty, Kt. F.R.S. reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1683. III. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London ; reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1751 ; with a continuation of the tables to the end of the year 1757. By Corbyn Morris, Esq; F.R.S. IV. A comparative view of the diseases and ages, and a table of the probabilities of life, for the last thirty years. By J.P. Esq; F.R.S. [i.e. James Postlethwayt].
Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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The art of making wines from fruits, flowers, and herbs, all the native growth of Great Britain. Particularly of grapes, goosberries, currants, rasberries, mulberries, elder berries, blackberries, strawberries. dewberries, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, quinces, plums, damaseens, figs, roses, cowslips, scurvy grass, mint, baum, birch, orange, sage, turnip, cyprus wine, imitated, gilliflower, mead, &c. &c. &c. &c. With a succint account of their medicinal virtues, and the most approved receipts for making raisin wine. The whole comprehending many secrets relative to the mystery of vintners, never before made public; shewing not only how to prevent those accidents to which all wines are liable, but absolutely to retrieve those that are actually tainted, and give them the most agreeable flavour. To which is now added, the complete method of distilling, pickling, and preserving. A new edition. Revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by William Graham, late of ware in Hertfordshire.
Graham, William, of Ware.Date: M,DCC,LXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The art of making wines from fruits, flowers, and herbs, all the native growth of Great Britain. Particularly of grapes, goosberries, currants, rasberries, mulberries, elder berries, blackberries, strawberries, dewberries, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, quinces, plumbs, damascens, figs, roses, cowstips, scurvy-grass, mint, baum, birch, orange, sage, turnip, cyprus wine imitated, gilliflower, mead, &c. &c. &c. With a succinct account of their medicinal virtues, and the most approved receipts for making raisin wine. The whole comprehending many secrets relative to the mystery of vintners never before made public; shewing not only how to previous accidents to which all wines are liable, but absolutely to restore those that are actually tainted, and give them the most agreeable flavour. To which is now added, the complete method of distilling, pickling, and preserving. The eighth edition. Revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by William Graham, late of Ware in Hertfordshire.
Graham, William, of Ware.Date: [1770?]- Books
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The art of making wines from fruits, flowers, and herbs; the native growth of Great-Britain and Ireland. Particularly of grapes, goos[ebe]rries, currants, rasberries, mulberries, elder berries, blackberries, strawberries. dewberries, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, quinces, [p]lums, damsons, [f]igs, [roses], [cow]slips, scurvy grass, mint, baum, birch, orange, sage, tu[r]nip, cyprus wine, imitated, gilliflower, mead, &c. &c. &c. &c. With a succinct account of their medicinal virtues, and the most approved receipts for making raisin wine. The whole comprehending m[any] secrets relative to the mystery of vintners, never before made public; shewing not only how to prevent those accidents to which all wines are liable, but absolutely to retr[i]eve those that are actually [t]ainted, and giv[e] them the most ag[r]eeable flavour. To which is now added, the complete m[e]thod of distilling, pickling, and preserving. The seventh edition, Carefully revised and enlarged by William G[r]aham.
Graham, William, of Ware.Date: M.DCC,LXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The art of making wines from fruits, flowers, and herbs, all the native growth of Great Britain. Particularly of grapes, goosberries, [c]urrants, [r]asberries, [m]ulberries, [e]lder berries [b]lackberries, [s]trawberries, dewberries, apples, pears, cherries, peaches, apricots, quinces, plumbs, damascens, figs, roses, cowslips, scurvy grass, mint, baum, birch, orange, sage, turnip, cyprus wine, imitated, gilliflower, mead, &c. &c. &c. &c. With a succinct account of their medicinal virtues, and the most approved receipts for making raisin wine. To whole comprehending many secrets relative to the mystery of vintners, never before made public; showing not only how to prevent those accidents to which all wine are liable, but absolutely to [retrie]ve those that are actually tainted, and give them the most agreeable flavour. To which is now added, the complete method of distilling, pickling, and preserving. A new edition. Revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by William Graham, late of ware in Hertfordshire.
Graham, William, of Ware.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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Hints for the consideration of Parliament, in a letter to Dr. Jenner, on the supposed failures of vaccination at Ringwood : including a report of the Royal Jennerian Society on that subject, after a careful public investigation upon the spot; also containing remarks on the prevalent abuse of variolous inoculation, and on the dreadful exposure of out-patients attending at the Small-Pox Hospital / by William Blair.
Blair, William, 1766-1822.Date: 1808- Books
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A collection of the yearly bills of mortality, from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. Together with several other bills of an earlier date. To which are subjoined I. Natural and political observations on the bills of mortality: By Capt. John Graunt, F.R.S. reprinted from the sixth edition, in 1676. II. Another essay in political arithmetic, concerning the growth of the city of London; with the measures, periods, causes, and consequences thereof. By Sir William Petty, Kt. F. R. S. reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1683. III. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London; reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1751; with a continuation of the tables to the end of the year 1757. By Corbyn Morris, Esq; F. R. S. IV. A comparative view of the diseases and ages, and a table of the probabilities of life, for the last thirty years. By J. P. Esq; F. R. S.
Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]- Books
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An address to the Unitarian congregation at Philadelphia, delivered on Sunday, March 5, 1797. By Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S. &c.
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.Date: 1797- Books
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An essay on electricity : explaining the principles of that useful science, and describing the instruments, contrived either to illustrate the theory, or render the practice entertaining : illustrated with six plates. To which is added, a letter to the author, from Mr. John Birch, surgeon, on the subject of medical electricity / by the late George Adams.
Adams, George, 1750-1795.Date: 1799- Pictures
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A monster being fed baskets of infants and excreting them with horns; symbolising vaccination and its effects. Etching by C. Williams, 1802(?).
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: [1802?]Reference: 11756i- Books
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The second part of the timber-tree improved: Containing, I. The nature and uses of foreign and British timber-trees. II. Of oak; a profitable account of it from tradesmen, with several cases relating to this timber. To know if trees are found or unfound, as they stand, or after felling. Why posts, that are burnt at one end to last long, last the less time for it. How to make timber more durable, than in the common way with twenty other improvements relating on the oak. III. Of ash: how to make an impregnable live-fence with this sort of tree, for parks and fields, to immense profit. IV. Of beech; how to make it last near as long as heart of oak. How beech was so managed, as to be sold to a London chair-maker for walnut tree. A remarkable example of many great beeches being rotted as they stood, by the ignorance of their owner; with fifteen other particulars relating to this tree. V. Ten sorts of improvements of the elm. VI. Eight improvements of the walnut-tree. VIII. Of the maple, bay-tree, sycamore, birch, laurel, lignum-vitae tree, whip-beam, holly, witch-elm, horn-beech, yew, and box-tree, pine of fir, cypress-tree, black cherry, cedar, sweet and horse chesnut, juniper, hasel and fill-beard, pear-tree, apple and crab, barberry-tree. almond-tree, plum-tree, quince, mulberry, white and red elder-tree, black and white-thorn, asp, poplar, alder, willow, white-wood, sallow, withy and osier, medalar and service-tree, ivy, furz and whins, &c. By William Ellis, of Little Gaddesden, near Hempstead, in Hertfordshire.
Ellis, William, approximately 1700-1758.Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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Gurney's easy and compendious system of shorthand; adapted to the arts and sciences, and to the learned professions. Improved by Thomas Sergeant [i.e., Sarjeant].
Gurney, Thomas, 1705-1770.Date: June 17, 1799- Pictures
Prince George as Prince Regent canoodling with the Duchess of Richmond as she tends his gouty foot. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1819.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830.Date: 1819Reference: 2489348i- Books
Behaviour therapy in the 1970s : a collection of original papers proceedings of a symposium held at the Bateman Centre for Postgraduate Medical Studies, Birch Hill Hospital, Rochdale, on 25 October, 1969 under the auspices of the Manchester Branch of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the British Psychological Society / edited by Laurence E. Burns and James L. Worsley.
Date: 1970- Archives and manuscripts
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Loose Receipts
Date: 1663-1740Reference: MS.8002Part of: Godfrey-Faussett Family Receipts- Books
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Misery is vertues whetstone. Reliquiæ Gethinianæ. Or some remains of the most ingenious and excellent lady, Grace Lady Gethin. Lately deceased. Being a collection of choice discourses, pleasant, apothegmes, and witty sentences. Written by her for the most part, by way of essay, and at spare hours. Published by her nearest relations to preserve her memory, and digested for method's sake under proper heads. The third edition. With a coppy of verses written by Mr. Congreve. Unto which is added a funeral sermon. With the inscription on her Monument.
Gethin, Grace, Lady, 1676-1697.Date: 1703- Videos
Winter soldier.
Date: 1972- Archives and manuscripts
Agreements and related papers concerning the transfer of Shares in Thomas Bigg Ltd
Date: 1919-1920Reference: WF/C/E/04/128Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Film
Intravenous procedures.
Date: 197?