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A man composed of pharmaceutical equipment, surrounded by medicinal plants. Engraving by N. de Larmessin, 1695.
Date: 1695Reference: 16386i- Pictures
Dr. Bradbury, a pharmacist, in his shop with his son. Etching.
Reference: 15953i- Ephemera
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Ayer's Sarsaparilla : The deacon: "Land sake Liza, the very sight of that bottle makes me feel like another man" : Ayers Sarsaparilla is a compound concentrated extract- the strongest, best, cheapest blood medicine / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]- Pictures
A travelling tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from an anxious patient. Engraving by G. Volpato after F. Maggiotto.
Maggiotto, Francesco, 1750-1805.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 16480i- Pictures
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An Irish man is having a prescription made up in a pharmacy shop, he complains to the pharmacist about the small quantity of medicine he is being given. Wood engraving by C. Keane, 1874.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1874Reference: 13810i- Ephemera
Moorland syrup of figs : a pleasant & safe aperient medicine suitable for children of all ages : for consumption, stomach & liver troubles : price 1/3 per bottle.
Date: [between 1910 and 1919?]- Pictures
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A maid bringing medicine and soup to her master who has a cold. Lithograph, 1857, after W.H. Simmons after J. Collinson.
Collinson, James, 1825-1881.Date: 1 August 1857Reference: 23337i- Pictures
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A sick man stirring his bitter medicine. Mezzotint by H. Dawe, 1824, after M.W. Sharp.
Sharp, Michael William, -1840.Date: 1 June 1824Reference: 17929i- Books
Message in a bottle : the making of fetal alcohol syndrome / Janet Golden.
Golden, Janet Lynne, 1951-Date: 2005- Pictures
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A young woman convalescing in her boudoir with a visiting couple, while her maid prepares her medicine. Reproduction of a coloured aquatint.
Spiridon, Ignace.Reference: 17159i- Pictures
An unattractive pharmacist in his shop. Coloured wood engraving, c. 1850.
Reference: 16394i- Pictures
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A giant claw pierces the breast of a sleeping naked woman, another naked woman swoops down and stabs the claw with a knife; representing the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Watercolour by R. Cooper.
Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.Reference: 24003i- Pictures
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A doctor takes the temperature of a gloomy patient. Reproduction of a drawing by G. Jennis, 1919.
Jennis, G.Date: 1919Reference: 15413i- Ephemera
Bouncing babies : babycare since 1859 [pink] : 1 September to 28th November 1998 : a small exhibition of pamphlets and printed ephemera in the display cases at the far end of the Modern Medicine reading room in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Stephen Lowther.
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1998- Ephemera
Bouncing babies : babycare since 1859 [blue] : 1 September to 28th November 1998 : a small exhibition of pamphlets and printed ephemera in the display cases at the far end of the Modern Medicine reading room in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Stephen Lowther.
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1998- Pictures
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An apothecary making up a prescription in his working room. Chromolithograph, 1901(?).
Date: 1901Reference: 15920i- Books
Patent medicines and proprietary articles : a reproduction of a section of the Meyer Bros. and Co. wholesale drug catalog of 1887 / with an introduction by Jack K. Rimalover.
Meyer Bros. & Co. (Saint Louis, Mo.)Date: 1970- Pictures
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The piazza outside St Paul's church, Covent Garden, London, full of people selling their wares: a man is holding a placard advertising the products of Doctor Rock, a medicine vendor, and is holding up a bottle of the medicine. Engraving by W. Hogarth, 1738.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Reference: 20634i- Pictures
A physician stirring medicine in a cup which is refused by a repulsed little girl, her mother stands behind her smiling. Mezzotint by J. Jervis, 1842, after W. White.
White, William Johnstone.Date: 28 May 1842Reference: 21850i- Pictures
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A travelling tooth-drawer and medicine vendor in a town near Rome. Engraving by A.L. Richter, ca. 1834, after D.W. Lindau.
Lindau, Dietrich Wilhelm, 1799-1862.Date: [1834?]Reference: 659102i- Pictures
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A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, she views it suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.
Taylor, H., active 1786.Date: 25 March 1786Reference: 22184i- Pictures
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A rural physician giving an elderly woman a tablet, which she views suspiciously, a younger woman stands smiling in the background. Colour stipple engraving by J. Cary, 1786, after H. Taylor.
Taylor, H., active 1786.Date: 25 March 1786Reference: 21589i- Pictures
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A doctor visiting an Irish patient whose wife queries the recommendation to take one pill three times a day. Wood engraving after D. Wilson, 1903.
Wilson, David, 1873-1935.Date: 1903Reference: 15341i- Pictures
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A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Engraving after J. Northcote.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831.Reference: 21592i- Pictures
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A woman doctor examining a girl's finger. Coloured mezzotint by J. Walker, ca. 1783, after J. Northcote.
Northcote, James, 1746-1831.Date: 1783Reference: 22185i