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A.Maddock, Practical observations on the eff
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Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad beans, Fava bean. Distribution: N. Africa, SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Fabarum. Of Beans. Of Bean Cods (or Pods as we in Sussex call them) being burned, the ashes are a sovereign remedy for aches in the joints, old bruises, gout and sciaticaes.’ The beans are perfectly edible for the majority, but 1% of Caucasians, predominantly among Greeks, Italians and people from the Eastern Mediterranean regions, have a genetic trait in that they lack the ability to produce the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. As a consequence, eating broad beans or even inhaling the pollen, causes a severe haemolytic anaemia a few days later. This condition is known as favism. The whole plant, including the beans, contains levodopa, a precursor of dopamine, and some patients with Parkinsonism report symptomatic improvement after commencing on a diet that contains these beans regularly. A case of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome (fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, altered consciousness, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels) consequent on abrupt discontinuation of a diet containing plenty of broad beans, has been described in a patient with Parkinsonism. This is usually seen when patients abruptly discontinue L-dopa therapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Leishmaniasis vector control: insecticide spraying
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Arctium lappa L. Asteraceae. Greater Burdock. Distribution: Europe to India and Japan. Dioscorides (Beck, 2003) writes: '... helps those who spit blood and who suffer from abscesses ... plastered on it stems the pains around the joints that stem from twistings. The Leaves are applied beneficially on old ulcers.' Culpeper (1650) writes: ‘Burdanae, etc. Of Bur, Clot-Bur or Burdock, ... helps such as spit blood and matter, bruised and mixed salt and applied to the place, helpeth the bitings of mad dogs. It expels wind, easeth pains of the teeth, strengthens the back, helps the running of the reins, and the whites in women, being taken inwardly.’ The roots contain inulin, which is made into a non-digestible sweetener for diabetics. It has a multitude of uses in herbal medicine, in particular it is a component of a compound called ‘essiac’ that has been widely used as a treatment of cancers in the USA, but which is of no proven benefit. The young roots can be eaten raw or cooked. The seeds are hairy and care should be taken when harvesting them as inhaled they are reported as ‘toxic’. The root is licensed for use in Traditional Herbal Medicines in the UK (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Guidance on the safe use of phosphate insecticides in China. Colour lithographs, 1963.
Date: 1963Reference: 655107i- Digital Images
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Salbutamol crystals
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Salbutamol crystals
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Doctor and Mrs Syntax, with other elderly people, taking laughing gas in the house of a tooth-drawer in Paris. Coloured aquatint, 1820.
Combe, William, 1742-1823.Reference: 12086i- Digital Images
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Staphylococcal enterotoxin B
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2 images of swooning/fainting women, 13th Century
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Chinese Anti-opium pamphlet
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S.Fitch,Six lectures on the uses of the lung
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Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
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Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
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Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
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Reduced oxygen affects human organs, conceptual artwork
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The first use of ether in dental surgery, 1846. Oil painting by Ernest Board.
Board, Ernest, 1877-1934.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 45904i- Digital Images
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Olea Euroapaea (Olive)
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The processional entry of William III into The Hague through the bridge in the Westend. Etching.
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Vicia faba (Broadbean). Also called horsebean
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Crystal of erythritol
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Addiction and reward pathways in the brain, artwork
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Chinese/Japanese Pulse Image chart: Overthrown Pulse
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Drug-releasing depots in mouse lungs.
Szeto, Gregory.Date: 2014- Digital Images
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Chinese/Japanese Pulse Image chart: Cup-mouth Pulse
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