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Male model posing as a discus thrower.
Date: 1990Reference: 3289278iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
Male model posing with shield.
Date: 1990Reference: 3289276iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
Two male models posing as wrestlers.
Date: 1990Reference: 3289279iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Pictures
Two male models posing as boxers.
Date: 1990Reference: 3289277iPart of: The James Gardiner Collection.- Digital Images
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Rubus spectabilis 'Olympic Double'
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
International Olympic Committee
Date: 1972-1988Reference: SA/DRS/K/4/6Part of: DrugScope- Books
The Kevin show : an Olympic athlete's battle with mental illness / Mary Pilon.
Pilon, MaryDate: 2018- Pictures
Francesco Redi. Line engraving by C.P.
Date: Olymp. DCXIX an. I. ab A.I. Olymp. II. an. III cum ludi agerentur [1708]Reference: 8157i- Books
Drug games : the International Olympic Committee and the politics of doping, 1960-2008 / Thomas M. Hunt ; foreword by John Hoberman.
Hunt, Thomas M.Date: 2011- Books
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An account of the life and writings of Edmund Dickinson, M.D., Physician in Ordinary to King Charles and King James II. : To which is added, A treatise on the Grecian games, printed from the Doctor's own manuscript ... / By William Nicolas Blomberg.
Blomberg, William Nicolas, approximately 1702-1750.Date: 1739- Ephemera
Travelcard : Paralympic Games : valid only on 03 Sep 2012 zones 123456789 : number.
Date: 2012- Ephemera
Travelcard : Paralympic Games : valid only on 30 Aug 2012 zones 123456789 : number.
Date: 2012- Ephemera
Travelcard : Paralympic Games : valid only on 02 Sep 2012 zones 123456789 : number.
Date: 2012- Ephemera
Travelcard : Paralympic Games : valid only on 09 Sep 2012 zones 123456789 : number.
Date: 2012- Ephemera
Travelcard : Paralympic Games : valid only on 01 Sep 2012 zones 123456789 : number.
Date: 2012- Books
Zika pandemic vs olympic gold : the virus danger, symptoms and treatment in Rio / Ian Harmon.
Harmon, IanDate: [2016]- Ephemera
Your Team GB gold medal winners miniature sheet / Royal Mail.
Date: [2012]- Books
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Ta tou Pindarou Olympia. = Pindari Olympia. Cum interpretatione Latina: ex editione S. G. Heyne.
Pindar.Date: 1788- Books
Go London! : An active and healthy London for 2012 and beyond / NHS London, Change 4 Life.
Date: [2012?]- Ephemera
Sport ephemera (general). Box 3.
- Ephemera
Emirates Air-Line boarding pass : valid for one single journey only : number.
Date: 2012- Books
- Online
Olympic Games : Stockholm 1912 (June 19th-July 22nd).
Date: 1912- Ephemera
London 2012 Paralympic Games : buy your paralympic games tickets www.tickets.london2012.com : Lloyds TSB proud partner.
Date: 2012- Digital Images
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Capsicum annuum 'Masquerade' Distribution: Central and South America. This ‘domesticated species’ originated from Mexico (although the centre of Capsicum evolution was much earlier and from Bolivia) and includes the bland salad peppers and the hot chilli peppers, of which capsaicin (sometimes called capsicain), from the lining of the inside of the chilli, is the main active ingredient. Chilli comes from the Aztec language of the Nahuatl people. It was reputedly introduced to Europe by Columbus in the mid-15th century, but was cultivated in Mexico since 4,000 BCE and used in cooking since 7,200 BCE. After its introduction to Europe, its cultivation very rapidly became world-wide. It appears first as a description (Bock, 1539) with the name teutschem Pfeffer. The first illustration, as Siliquastrum, appears in Historia Stirpes commentarii insignis (Fuchs, 1542). Fuchs did not realise it came from the Americas, as he identified it as a plant described by Pliny, Dioscorides and Avicenna and gave their uses of it. It appear in Dodoen's Cruydeboeck (1551) and Lyte's translation (1557) with the note that it is 'hot and drie in the third degree.' He recommended it for dressing meat, and noted that it 'warmeth the stomach' and was good for a sore throat, scrofula, and topically got rid of spots. Fuch's had reported these properties as being described by Avicenna, but what that plant was is unknown. Lindley (1838) wrote: 'It is employed in medicine, in combination with Cinchona in intermittent and lethargic affections, and also in atonic gout, dyspepsia accompanied by flatulence, tympanitis, paralysis etc. Its most valuable application appears however to be in cynanche maligna [=severe sore throat, with impending suffocation] and scarlatina maligna [=severe scarlet fever], used either as a gargle or administered internally.' However, its principal use medically has been in pain relief, applied locally for pain from muscle injury to post herpetic neuralgia. Capsaicin acts on the pain and heat sensing neurones to make them trigger the sensation of pain at body temperature. Repeated exposure to capsaicin depletes the neurotransmitter substance P that is used to perceive pain, so the relevant nerves no longer transmit the sensation of pain/heat from any cause. It is a banned substance in the equestrian events at the Olympics because of its ability to stop perception of pain. Capsaicin has been shown, experimentally, to kill cancer cells by attacking their mitochondria. Particular interest has concentrated on its ability to reduce the size of tumours of the pancreas and prostate. Various cultivars are used in cooking, and the strength (i.e. how hot they are) is measured in Scoville units. A standard chilli pepper used in England would be around 5,000 Scovilles, the hottest peppers are rated over one million Scoville units. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Brendan Foster MBE, Olympic Athlete with Olivia Dix, BACUP's Director
Date: 4 May 1989Reference: SA/BAC/N/2/1Part of: BACUP (British Association of Cancer United Patients and their families and friends)