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Wild or wood garlic (Allium ursinum): flower and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24396i- Pictures
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A map of the area of Villcabamba, Ecuador, illustrated with buildings, rivers, people, animals and flowering plants and trees. Watercolour.
Date: 1934Reference: 16313i- Pictures
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A German itinerant medicine vendor on horseback selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, after J. Bertaux, 1776.
Bertaux, Jacques, 1745-1818.Date: [1777]Reference: 546400i- Pictures
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A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
Reference: 18139iPart of: Hygeian illustration- Pictures
China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): two flowering stems and separate fruits, flower and seeds - both whole and sectioned. Coloured line engraving by G. Appelman after M. Splinter.
Splinter, Marcelis, 1634-Date: [1686]Reference: 16212i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20535i- Pictures
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A generous physician refusing money for services rendered from a poor family. Mezzotint.
Reference: 21598i- Pictures
A young lady, love-struck after a military ball, visited by her doctor at her mother's request. Wood engraving by John Leech, 1863.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Date: 1863Reference: 13800i- Pictures
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Common elder (Sambucus nigra): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24413i- Pictures
A French itinerant medicine vendor on stage selling his wares. Engraving by I. Helman, 1777, and etching by A.J. Duclos after J. Bertaux, 1776.
Bertaux, Jacques, 1745-1818.Date: [1777]Reference: 20598i- Pictures
English ivy (Hedera helix): stem with flowers, fruit and leaves. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24397i- Pictures
A horrified gouty man discovering grass is growing out of his skin, as a result of taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Grant, 1835.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852.Date: 5 November 1835Reference: 11859iPart of: Dawson's magic- Pictures
Two trees being cultivated by doctors; symbolising the differences claimed by James Morison between the 'organic' and his 'hygeist' approached to health. Lithograph, c. 1835.
Reference: 18136i- Pictures
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Sequah on Clapham Common. Oil painting, ca. 1890.
Date: 1890Reference: 45036i- Pictures
Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum): white flowers, seed capsule and seeds. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1853]Reference: 23992i- Pictures
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Fungi: 16 species, including Jew's ear (Auricularia auricula), puffballs (Lycoperdon) and Agaricus and Boletus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, ca. 1827, after Prieur.
Prieur, active 1820-1830.Date: [1827]Reference: 20596i- Pictures
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Lily-of-the-valley (Convallaria majalis): flowering stem with leaves and separate roots. Partially coloured lithograph by F. Waller, c. 1863, after C. Gower.
Gower, Charlotte.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24383i- Pictures
Alexander the Great demonstrates his trust in his physician Philip by drinking a medicinal draught prepared by him even after receiving a letter alleging that Philip is trying to poison him. Line engraving by B. Audran, the elder, after E. Le Sueur.
Le Sueur, Eustache, 1616-1655.Reference: 21233i- Pictures
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A physician in his surgery examining a little boy's tongue, his sister waits for him holding a large umbrella. Wood engraving after H.B. Roberts.
Roberts, Henry Benjamin, 1831-1915.Date: [1868]Reference: 21864i- Digital Images
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Wellcome Tibetan 69, folio 126 recto.
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Fungi: twenty species, including the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), death cap (Amanita phalloides) and Boletus and Agaricus species. Coloured lithograph by A. Cornillon, c. 1827, after Prieur.
Prieur, active 1820-1830.Date: [1827]Reference: 20597i- Pictures
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Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
Reference: 16335i- Pictures
A surgeon holding a naked female patient while trying to push away death, represented as a skeleton. Soft-ground etching by I. Saliger.
Saliger, Ivo, 1894-1986.Date: [1920]Reference: 23993i- Pictures
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A group of itinerant actors performing on stage in an attempt to sell medicines to a small group of people. Etching by J.J. de Boissieu, 1772, after K. Dujardin, 1687.
Dujardin, Karel, 1622-1678Date: [1773]Reference: 20592i- Pictures
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Return of wounded Confederate prisoners, under a flag of truce, during the American Civil War. Wood engraving.
Reference: 20136i