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A century of Mendelism in human genetics : proceedings of a symposium organised by the Galton Institute and held at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 2001 / edited by Milo Keynes, A.W.F. Edwards and Robert Peel.
Date: [2004], ©2004- Pictures
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Sir Robert Peel leads a queue for a coach but is told by the keeper of the coach-office, James Abercromby (Speaker of the House of Commons) that the coach has already gone. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.
Doyle, John, 1797-1868.Date: 10 April 1838Reference: 36801iPart of: HB sketches- Archives and manuscripts
Ricarde-Seaver Bequest: John Peel's file
Date: 1994-1998Reference: SA/EUG/H.2/3Part of: Eugenics Society- Books
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A preparative to pleading. Being a work intended for the instruction and help of young clerks. Containing Several Directions, Declarations, Pleadings, Issues and Judgments, both in the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas; with necessary Instructions how to sue any Person to the Outlawry, how to levy a Fine, and how to suffer Recoveries in the said Court of Common Pleas. By George Townesend, Esq; Second Prothonotary of that Court.
Townesend, George.Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]- Books
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The office and authority of a Justice of Peace: collected out of all the books, whether of common or statute law, hitherto written on that subject. Shewing also the duty of constables, commissioners of sewers, coroners, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the highways, church-wardens, and other parish-officers: digested under alphabetical titles. To which are added, precedents of indictments and warrants, never before printed. Very useful for Justices of the Peace, coroners, sheriffs, clerks of the Assizes, and of the Peace, and all others concern'd in such matters. The seventh edition, corrected, amended, and continued down to this present year 1721. By W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq;
Nelson, William, 1653-Date: MDCCXXI. [1721]- Books
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The tryal of John Hambden [sic], Esq; ... in the great case of ship-money, ... Wherein are inserted, the whole record in Latin and English: ... To which is added, the tryal of Thomas Harrison, ... for words spoken against Mr. Justice Hutton ...
Hampden, John, 1656?-1696.Date: 1719- Books
Reynolds, Frank Neon, MRCS (England), LRCP (London) 1917, FRCS (Ed) 1925, FRCOG 1942 (M 1931).
Date: 1976- Books
Haultain, William Francis Theodore, OBE 1919, MC 1918, BA, MB, BCh (Cantab) 1916, FRCS (Edinburgh) 1922, FRCP (Edinburgh) 1945, FRCOG 1934 (M 1929).
Date: 1976- Books
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The posthumous works of William Wycherley Esq; in prose and verse. Faithfully publish'd from his original manuscripts, by Mr. Theobald. In two parts. To which are prefixed, some memoirs of Mr. Wycherley's life. By Major Pack.
Wycherley, William, 1640-1716.Date: 1728- Books
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A free and impartial enquiry into the antiquity and efficacy of touching for the cure of the King's evil. Written some time since, in two letters: the one to Dr. Steigertahl, Physician to his Majesty, Fellow of the College of Physicians, and of the Royal Society; the other to Sir Hans Sloane, Bart. President of the College of Physicians, and Vice-President of the Royal Society. Now first published, in order to a compleat Confutation of that supposed supernatural Power, lately justified in a Pamphlet, intituled, A Letter from a Gentleman at Rome, to his Friend in London, &c.. To which is added, a collection of records. By William Beckett, Surgeon, and F. R. S.
Beckett, William, 1684-1738.Date: [1722]- Books
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Modern cases, argued and adjudged in the Court of Queen's Bench ... in the second and third years of Queen Anne, ... By a careful hand.
Great Britain. Court of King's Bench.Date: 1719- Books
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Elements of surgery / by Robert Liston.
Liston, Robert, 1794-1847.Date: 1840- Books
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The tryal of John Hampden, Esq; (of Stoke-Mandeville in the County of Bucks) in the great case of ship-money, Between His Majesty K. Charles I. and that Gentleman. Wherein are inserted, the whole record in Latin and English: The Several Arguments of Council Learned in the Law, on both Sides, in that most remarkable Case at the Bar; with the Opinions of all the Judges on the Bench in the Exchequer-Chamber, &c. As also Mr. St. John's Speech in the House of Lords, Jan. 7. 1640. concerning Ship-Money. With Mr. Waller's Speech to the House of Commons, April 22, 1640. on the Same Subject: And, His Famous Speech in Parliament, at a Conference of Both Houses, in the Painted-Chamber, July 6, 1641. on the Exhibiting Articles, by the Commons, against Mr. Justice Crawley, one of the Judges who gave Judgment for the King in that Cause. To which is added, the tryal of Thomas Harrison, Clerk, for words spoken against Mr. Justice Hutton (when sitting afterwards upon the Bench of the Court of Common-Pleas, in Westminster-Hall) Accusing Him of High-Treason, in Delivering his Opinion in the Exchequer-Chamber, That the King had no Lawful Power in Levying the Ship-Money; and that He therefore denied the King's Supremacy: With the Proceedings thereupon, and his Sentence by the Court. The Whole being Printed from Authentick Manuscripts.
Hampden, John, 1594-1643.Date: 1719- Books
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A general treatise of husbandry and gardening; containing a new system of vegetation: illustrated with many observations and experiments. In two volumes. Formerly publish'd monthly, and now methodiz'd and digested under proper heads, with additions and great alterations. In four parts. Part I. Concerning the Improvement of Land, by fertilizing bad Soils. Of stocking of Farms with Cattle, Poultry, Fish, Bees, Grasses, Grain, Cyder, &c. Part II. Instructions to a Gardener, wherein is demonstrated the Circulation of Sap, the Generation of Plants, the Nature of Soil, Air and Situation. Of the Profits arising from planting and raising Timber. Part III. Of the Management of Fruit Trees, with particular Observations relating to Graffing, Inarching and Inoculating. Part IV. Remarks on the Disposition of Gardens in general. Of the Method of managing Exotick Plants and Flowers, and naturalizing them to our Climate; with an Account of Stoves, and artificial Heats. Adorn'd with cuts. By R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S. ...
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Pictures
Kitchen assistants peeling vegetables. Etching by T.A. Ribot.
Ribot, Théodule, 1823-1891.Date: [1863]Reference: 29468i- Books
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Dictionarium botanicum: or, a botanical dictionary for the use of the curious in husbandry and gardening. Containing The Names of the known Plants in Latin, English, &c. Their Description. Their Culture or Management rendered easy and familiar, whether Domestick or Exotick; so that the Name of a Plant being known, the proper Direction for its Improvement in the Garden is to be found in the same Article. The Terms used in every Branch of Botany explain'd. A Work never before attempted. ... . By R. Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: M.DCC.XXVIII. [1728]- Books
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Statical essays: containing vegetable staticks; or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables. Being An Essay towards a Natural History of Vegetation: Of Use to those who are curious in the Culture and Improvement of Gardening, &c. Also, A Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air, by a great Variety of Chymio-Statical Experiments, which were read at several Meetings before the Royal Society. Vol. I. By Steph. Hales, B. D. F. R. S. Rector of Farringdon, Hampshire, and Minister of Teddington, Middlesex.
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.Date: M,DCC,XXXI. [1731]- Books
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Statical essays: Containing vegetable staticks; or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables. Being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation: of use to those who are curious in the culture and improvement of gardening, &c. also a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymio-statical experiments, which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society. Vol. I. By Steph. Hales, D.D. F.R.S. rector of Faringdon, Hampshire, and Minister of Teddington, Middlesex.
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.Date: M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1738]- Pictures
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Initial dissection of the pregnant female abdomen, showing the skin peeled away to reveal the swollen uterus. Copperplate engraving by F.S. Ravenet after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788.Date: [1851]Reference: 579790iPart of: Hunter, William- Archives and manuscripts
Bristol Pharmacopoeia, 19th century
Date: 1816Reference: MS.7218- Videos
The boy who can't forget.
Date: 2012- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with Charles Singer and Dorothea Singer: P-Q
Date: 1953-1960Reference: PP/CJS/A.35Part of: Singer, Charles Joseph and Singer, Dorothea Waley- Books
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A complete collection of state-trials, and proceedings for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours; from the reign of King Richard II. to the end of the reign of King George I. In six volumes. With two alphabetical tables to the whole.
Date: M.DCC.XXX. [1730]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1948-1974Reference: PP/CPB/FPart of: Blacker, Carlos Paton FRCP (1895-1975)- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1931Reference: WA/HMM/CO/Chr/H.34Part of: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and Library