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Saint Francis de Paul (San Francesco da Paola) healing a man with an ulcered leg and a woman vexed by a malignant spirit. Oil painting.
Date: [between 1730 and 1739?]Reference: 46503i- Digital Images
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Illicium anisatum L. Illiciaceae Japanese Star Anise. Distribution Japan. This was also called Illicium religiosum and the fruits are toxic. Effects of taking Illicium anisatum tea include epilepsy, vomiting, shakiness and rapid eye movements (US Food and Drug Administration report, 2003). Lindley (1838) and Bentley (1861) thought that I. anisatum was used in cooking, but they were describing the uses of I. verum which is used as a spice in Asia. Illicium anisatum syn. religiosum is 'used to make incense in Japanese and Chinese temples and was called Skimi by Kaempfer. This derives from the Japanese word 'shi-kimi'. The seed pods of both species contain shikimic acid (the name being derived from the Japanese) from which Tamiflu, the antiviral drug was synthesised. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae. Goat's Rue. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. Culpeper (1650) writes that it ‘... resists poison, kills worms, resists the falling sickness [epilepsy], resisteth the pestilence.’ Galega officinalis contains guanidine which reduces blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis.. Metformin and Phenformin are drugs for type II diabetes that rely on this group of chemicals, known as biguanidines. Its name gala, meaning milk plus ega meaning 'to bring on', refers to its alleged property of increasing milk yield, and has been used in France to increase milk yield in cows. officinalis refers to its use in the offices of the monks, and is a common specific name for medicinal plants before 1600 and adopted by Linnaeus (1753). The fresh plant tastes of pea pods. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Christ healing a group of sick people. Engraving by A. Schaufele, 1851, after J. Grünenwald.
Grünenwald, Jakob, 1821-1896.Date: 1851Reference: 23810i- Digital Images
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Heterotopia
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Effra House, Brixton: with several patients walking in the grounds. Engraving by T. H. Ellis.
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Pachygyria, bifrontal
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Callosal Dysgenesis
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Periventricular Leucomalacia
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Periventricular Leucomalacia
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Pachygyria. Linear sebaceous naevus
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Hypothalamic hamartoma
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Pachygyria. Linear sebaceous naevus
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Periventricular Leucomalacia
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Hypothalamic Hamartoma
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Pachygyria, bilateral fronto- parietal
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Pachygyria, bilateral fronto-parietal
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Leucomalacia, periventricular
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Medial Temporal Sclerosis. Left
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Medial Temporal Sclerosis. Left
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Callosal Dysgenesis and Rhombencephalo Synapsis
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The adoration of the magi; with inscription of prayer against disease. Engraving on red silk.
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Medial Temporal Sclerosis
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Neurophyle du Dr. de Rachat: product label. Colour lithograph.
Date: [1890?/1910]Reference: 549089iPart of: Labels for pharmaceutical packaging. Colour lithographs.- Digital Images
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Medial Temporal Sclerosis