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Mecca balsam (Commiphora opobalsamum): entire young plant. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.
Date: 1 October 1804Reference: 20919i- Digital Images
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Cistus incanus ssp creticus Juss. Cistaceae. Rock Rose. Distribution: Crete. Interesting symbiosis with fungus called Tuber melanosporum which increases nutrient absorption for the plant and inhibits growth of other plants in the vicinity. It is a source of the resin ‘labdanum’ (a.k.a. ‘ladanum’) used in perfumes (similar smell to ambergris), as is Cistus ladanifer. It has no medical uses now, and such use was dwindling even in the 18th century. In the 16th century (Henry Lyte’s 1575 translation of Rembert Dodoen’s Cruydeboeck of 1554) its uses were described (directly copied from Dioscorides’ Materia Medica (70AD)) as: ‘Ladanum dronketh with olde wine, stoppeth the laske [periods], and provoketh urine. It is very good against the hardness of the matrix or mother [uterus] layde to in the manner of a pessarie, and it draweth down the secondes or afterbirth, when it is layde upon quicke coles [hot coals], and the fumigation or parfume thereof be received up into the body of women. // The same applied to the head with Myrrhe and oyle of Myrrhe, cureth the scurffe, called Alopecia, and keepeth the heare [hair] from falling of [sic], but whereas it is already fallen away, it will not cause the heare to growe agayne. // ...' and goes on in this vein about its uses for pain in the ears, and removing sores and scars and other things. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
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Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 27981i- Pictures
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The adoration of the magi: a king kneels before the infant Jesus, seated on Mary's lap. Engraving by E. Fessard after C.J. Natoire.
Natoire, Charles Joseph, 1700-1777.Date: 1752Reference: 24060i- Pictures
The three kings bring offerings to the infant Jesus. Engraving by J. Frey, 1736, after C. Maratta.
Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713.Date: [1736]Reference: 2818723i- Pictures
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Twenty trees, herbs and shrubs of the bible. Chromolithograph, c. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 27980i- Ephemera
Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 47.
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Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 50.
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Vol. iii
Date: C. 1720Reference: MS.MSL.98/3Part of: Charles Alston's Lectures- Pictures
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The adoration of the magi. Engraving by R. Sadeler after J. Bassano.
Bassano, Jacopo, approximately 1518-1592.Reference: 22191i- Pictures
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The adoration of the magi. Etching by J. Swaine after R. Shipster after medieval bas-relief.
Reference: 22194i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Etching, 1781, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: 1781Reference: 6692i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari: his recognition as archbishop elect of Myra. Engraving by H.C. Shenton after P. Caliari, il Veronese.
Veronese, 1528-1588.Reference: 6697i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Stipple engraving.
Reference: 6696i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Watercolour painting by W. Brindley, 1881.
Brindley, William, 1832-1919.Date: 1881Reference: 6694i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 6693i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari. Chalk manner engraving by Clemente Nicoli, 1786, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.
Guercino, 1591-1666.Date: [1786]Reference: 6695i- Pictures
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Saint Nicholas of Myra and Bari: devils flee the temple of Artemis at Myra as he orders the destruction of her statue. Engraving by G. Massi after G.B. Calandrucci.
Calandrucci, Giovanni Battista, -1749.Date: 1700-1799Reference: 6698i- Ephemera
Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 29.
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Holloway's Indian & colonial series : 1st Punjab cavalry : Holloway's pills & ointment.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Ephemera
Holloway's Indian & colonial series : Indian guide cavalry : Holloway's pills & ointment.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Archives and manuscripts
Order
Date: 1759Reference: WMS/Amer.91Part of: Washington, George (1732-1799)- Books
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New guide to health ; or botanic family physician : containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease : to which is added a description of several cases of disease attended by the author, with the mode of treatment and cure : to which is annexed, A narrative of the life, &c. of the author / by Samuel Thomson.
Thomson, Samuel, 1769-1843.Date: 1834- Ephemera
Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 24.
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Holmes, Edward Morell (1843-1930), botanist and lecturer in materia medica
Holmes, Edward Morell, 1843-1930.Date: 1876-1930Reference: MSS.2867-2932, 7961 & WMS/Amer.145-148