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Investors optimistically seek the protection of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, in the Dutch financial crisis of 1720, while others are irreversably ruined. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 816028iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.- Pictures
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Balthasar Bekker and Christian Scriver sieve diseases from devils. Engraving, 1731.
Date: [1731]Reference: 994i- Digital Images
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Digital Images
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Pictures
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Roots of ginger (Zingiber officinale) and of dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris). Watercolour.
Reference: 22090i- Pictures
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A man praying to a saint to assist in the cure of a sick child, devils departing. Oil painting by an Italian painter.
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Prince Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany. Wood engraving.
Date: [1884?]Reference: 644071iPart of: Imperial, royal and noble persons. Album of portrait prints collected by René de Beer, 1912 (?).- Pictures
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Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
Date: [1774]Reference: 16859i- Pictures
The roles of the state in the maintenance of health in Great Britain, 1930s-1990s. Prints, photographs, documents.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 804686i- Digital Images
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Measles infection in a brain cell nucleus
Mike Kayser- Pictures
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Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
Reference: 18488i- Digital Images
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MRI scan; brain cancer (astrocytoma)
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Digital Images
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Digital Images
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Digital Images
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White matter fibres of the uncinate fasciculus
Christopher Whelan, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland- Digital Images
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Valeriana officinalis L. Valerianaceae Valerianus, Phu, Nardus sylvestris, Setwal. Distribution: Europe. Popular herbalism attributes sedation to Valerian, but this is not mentioned by Coles (1657) or Gerard (1633) or Lobel (1576) or Lyte (1578) or Dioscorides (ex Gunther, 1959) or Fuchs (1553), where he quotes Pliny, Dioscorides and Galen, or Parkinson (1640), or Pomet (1712). The English translation of Tournefort (1719-1730) covers a whole page of the uses of all the different valerians, but never mentions sedation or treating anxiety. Quincy (1718) does not mention it. Because it was used in epilepsy, for which Woodville (1792) says it was useless, Haller, in his Historia stirpium indegenarum Helvetae inchoatae (1768) advocates it for those with irritability of the nervous system, as does Thomson's London Dispensatory (1811) although he lists it as an 'antispasmodic and stimulant' and for inducing menstruation. Lindley (1838) notes (as many did) that the roots smell terrible and that this makes cats excited, and in man, in large doses, induce 'scintillations, agitation and even convulsions' so used in asthenic fever, epilepsy, chorea, hysteria and as an antihelminthic.' Fluckiger & Hanbury (1879) give a wonderful account of the history of its names, but give its use as 'stimulant and antispasmodic' as do Barton & Castle (1877). but by 1936 (Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia) its only use was 'Given in hysterical and neurotic conditions as a sedative. Its action has been attributed to its unpleasant smell'. The European Medicines Agency (2006) approves its use as a traditional herbal medicine for mild anxiety and sleeplessness for up to 4 weeks. Despite what is written continuously about its use in ancient Greece and Rome, the only reason for its use has been because it was thought, for a brief while, to be good for epilepsy and therefore might deal with persons of a nervous disposition because of its foul smell. It has been suggested that even its Greek name, 'Phu' came from the expression of disgust which is made when one sniffs an unpleasant odour. For 1,800 years, before the last century, no-one had thought it sedative. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Paeonia officinalis L. Paeoniaceae, European Peony, Distribution: Europe. The peony commemorates Paeon, physician to the Gods of ancient Greece (Homer’s Iliad v. 401 and 899, circa 800 BC). Paeon, came to be associated as being Apollo, Greek god of healing, poetry, the sun and much else, and father of Aesculapius/Asclepias. Theophrastus (circa 300 BC), repeated by Pliny, wrote that if a woodpecker saw one collecting peony seed during the day, it would peck out one’s eyes, and (like mandrake) the roots had to be pulled up at night by tying them to the tail of a dog, and one’s ‘fundament might fall out’ [anal prolapse] if one cut the roots with a knife. Theophrastus commented ‘all this, however, I take to be so much fiction, most frivolously invented to puff up their supposed marvellous properties’. Dioscorides (70 AD, tr. Beck, 2003) wrote that 15 of its black seeds, drunk with wine, were good for nightmares, uterine suffocation and uterine pains. Officinalis indicates it was used in the offices, ie the clinics, of the monks in the medieval era. The roots, hung round the neck, were regarded as a cure for epilepsy for nearly two thousand years, and while Galen would have used P. officinalis, Parkinson (1640) recommends the male peony (P. mascula) for this. He also recommends drinking a decoction of the roots. Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal (1737), published by the College of Physicians, explains that it was used to cure febrile fits in children, associated with teething. Although she does not mention it, these stop whatever one does. Parkinson also reports that the seeds are used for snake bite, uterine bleeding, people who have lost the power of speech, nightmares and melancholy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Paeonia officinalis L. Paeoniaceae, European Peony, Distribution: Europe. The peony commemorates Paeon, physician to the Gods of ancient Greece (Homer’s Iliad v. 401 and 899, circa 800 BC). Paeon, came to be associated as being Apollo, Greek god of healing, poetry, the sun and much else, and father of Aesculapius/Asclepias. Theophrastus (circa 300 BC), repeated by Pliny, wrote that if a woodpecker saw one collecting peony seed during the day, it would peck out one’s eyes, and (like mandrake) the roots had to be pulled up at night by tying them to the tail of a dog, and one’s ‘fundament might fall out’ [anal prolapse] if one cut the roots with a knife. Theophrastus commented ‘all this, however, I take to be so much fiction, most frivolously invented to puff up their supposed marvellous properties’. Dioscorides (70 AD, tr. Beck, 2003) wrote that 15 of its black seeds, drunk with wine, were good for nightmares, uterine suffocation and uterine pains. Officinalis indicates it was used in the offices, ie the clinics, of the monks in the medieval era. The roots, hung round the neck, were regarded as a cure for epilepsy for nearly two thousand years, and while Galen would have used P. officinalis, Parkinson (1640) recommends the male peony (P. mascula) for this. He also recommends drinking a decoction of the roots. Elizabeth Blackwell’s A Curious Herbal (1737), published by the College of Physicians, explains that it was used to cure febrile fits in children, associated with teething. Although she does not mention it, these stop whatever one does. Parkinson also reports that the seeds are used for snake bite, uterine bleeding, people who have lost the power of speech, nightmares and melancholy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Ming herbal (painting): Crow
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Saint John the Baptist. Etching by P.E. Moitte, 1754, after J.C. Loth, il Carlotto.
Loth, Johann Carl, 1632-1698.Date: 1754Reference: 6239i- Pictures
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Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by L. Kilian, 1623, after J.M. Kager.
Kager, Johann Matthias, 1575?-1634.Date: 1623Reference: 6226iPart of: Sanctuarium Christianorum, id est imagines Christi et apostolorum, aeri incisae.- Pictures
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The decapitation of Saint John the Baptist. Wood engraving by C.A. Zscheckel after Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius, 1794-1872.Reference: 6250i- Pictures
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Saint John the Baptist. Engraving by J. Landseer, 1796, after B. West.
West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.Date: May 28th 1796Reference: 6232i- Pictures
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Saint John the Baptist. Etching by G. Cooke, 1816, after G. Reni.
Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.Date: Sep. 1816Reference: 6241i