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Two men visiting a kitchen discuss the bill of fare as the waiter stands behind them and a kitchen hand roasts meat on a spit. Etching by J.J. Turretini (?) after himself.
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A short-legged dog with the head of Sir Robert Peel stands with its paws on a roller which winds a chain to work an invisible spit. Etching with border by William Heath, 1829.
Heath, William, 1795-1840.Date: Nov 16 1829Reference: 603171i- Archives and manuscripts
Letter from Sloane to Mr. Dummer of Southampton
Date: 1705Reference: MS.7633/3Part of: Sloane, Sir Hans M.D., P.R.C.P., F.R.S., (1660-1753), physician, assembler of the collection that formed the nucleus of the British Museum- Books
Potter's popular herbal and family medical guide / Potter & Clarke, Ltd.
Potter & ClarkeDate: [between 1900 and 1909?]- Pictures
Earl Talbot stands behind a fire screen armed with a spit and a pot lid in an attempt to defend himself from John Wilkes who is armed with a pen and an ink-bottle. Etching with etched verse below, 1762.
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807.Date: (Oct 3 1762)Reference: 581197i- Books
The "Winged Lion" receipt book, or, How to cure all common complaints with simple herbal remedies ... / [Potter & Clarke, Ltd.].
Potter & Clarke.Date: [1910?]- Archives and manuscripts
Cases of Phthisis and Other Lung Diseases in Family Faculties Returns
Date: c1884Reference: GALTON/2/4/7/2/6Part of: Galton Papers- Ephemera
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Directions for taking Crosby's Balsamic Cough Elixir / James M. Crosby.
Crosby, James M.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Pictures
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A half naked woman held by two men, one of whom is peering up her skirt, while another forcibly pours the contents of a teapot down her throat which she spits back into his face: representing America being punished by British politicians with the Boston Port Bill. Engraving, 1774.
Date: [1 May 1774]Reference: 12170i- Ephemera
How the Department of Health of the city of New York is fighting tuberculosis : prepared for the International Congress on Tuberculosis, Washington, D.C., Sept. 21 to Oct. 12, 1908 / by the Board of Health.
New York (N.Y.). Department of Health.Date: 1908- Archives and manuscripts
[?Various] cases of haematemesis. [?dis]charges and skin eruptions in regard to 'Menstrual Equivalents', 'vicarious menstruation' ('complementary menstruation') and 'Supplementary' ('complementary') menstruation (and premenstrual vomiting and other premenstrual troubles, psychos[?omatic])
Date: 1900-1947Reference: PP/FPW/B.130Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)- Digital Images
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Myrtus communis 'Variegata'
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The natural history of Hartz-Forest, in His Majesty King George's German dominions. Being a succinct account of The Caverns, Lakes, Springs, Rivers, Mountains, Rocks, Quarries, Fossiles, Castles, Gardens, the famous Pagan Idol Pustrich or Spit-Fire, Dwarf-Holes, Pits, moving Islands, Whirlpools, Mines, several Engines belonging to them; Ores, the manner of refining them; Smelting-Houses; several sorts of Ovens, Hammer-Mills, Vitriol and Glass-Houses, &c. in the said Forest: With several useful and entertaining Physical Observations. Written in German by H. Behrens, M.D.
Behrens, Georg Henning, 1662-1712.Date: 1730- Digital Images
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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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Pinus mugo Turra, Pinaceae Mountain pine. Distribution: Mountain regions in south and central Europe. Source of pine cone syrup used in cooking. Pine trees in general have a small edible pine nut in the pine cone, which Lyte (1578) writes are 'good for the lungs, they cleanse the breast, and cause the fleme to be spit out: also they nourish well and engender good blood, and for this cause they are good for such as have the cough.' He wrote that it was used for burns, wounds, dysentery, and as a diuretic. Quincy says of fir (Pinus) cones that they strengthen the genital parts, and increase the quantity of seed, or increase Desire without adding to Ability or Performance. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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The history of the two impostors Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, who, (in the reign of King Henry Vii) were pretenders to the crown of England;set up by Margaret Duchess of Burgundy; chiefly supported by the Kings of France and Scotland; much favour'd by Maximilian King of the Romans; by Philip his Son, the Duke of Burgundy; by the King of Portugal, &c. And acknowledged as Lawful Sovereigns in Flanders, Ireland and England. But were at last detected, defeated, and so deserted by their Adherents, that the One was made a Turn-Spit in the King's Kitchen, and the Other set in the Stocks and Pillory, both in London and Westminster, and then hang'd at Tyburn. With an appendix, shewing the intrigue of the Jesuits at Rome to impose another sham prince upon Great-Britain, in the year 1688.
S. W.Date: [1745]- Pictures
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Three men ride through the sky on black, red and white lions (colours of the alchemical process); beneath, men lay sprawled among dismembered limbs. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
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The lady's companion: or, an infallible guide to the fair sex. Containing, observations for their conduct thro' all ages and circumstances of life: in which are comprised all parts of good housewifry, particularly rules, and above two thousand different receipts in every kind of cookery. I. Making all sorts of soops and sauces. II. Dressing flesh, fish, and fowl; this last illustrated with cuts, shewing how every fowl, &c. is to be truss'd for the spit. III. Making 100 different sorts of puddings. IV. The whole art of pastry, in making pies, tarts, &c. V. Receipts for pickling, collaring, potting, &c. VI. For preserving, making creams, jellies, and all manner of confectionary. Vii. Rules and directions for setting out dinners, suppers, and grand entertainments. To which is added, several bills of fare for every month in the year, and the shapes of pies, tarts, and pasties. With instructions for marketing. Also receipts for making the choicest cordials for the closet: brewing beers, ales, &c. Making all sorts of English wines, cyder, mum, mead, metheglin, vinegar, verjuice, catchup, &c. Some fine perfumes, pomatums, cosmeticks, and other beautifiers. With 300 valuable receipts in physick. ...
Date: MDCCXLIII. [1743]- Books
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William Kurelek : life & work / Andrew Kear.
Kear, Andrew, 1977-Date: 2017- Archives and manuscripts
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"Split genes and RNA splicing"
Date: 1979Reference: PP/CRI/I/1/31Part of: Francis Crick (1916-2004): archives- Books
Headline news, science views / edited by David Jarmul ; National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.
Date: 1991- Books
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Pax in crumena: or, the trooper turn'd poet. Containing, I. The poet's voyage to Amsterdam. II. The Trooper Undone: Or, his Butter-Box Broke. III. A Letter from Susanna Lane to Thomas Trueboy, a Trooper. IV. Trueboy's Answer. V. A Letter from an Old Cook Maid in England, to George Blunderbuss, a Trooper in Flanders. VI. Blunderbuss's Answer. Vii. Blunderbuss's Receipt against Cowardice. Viii. The Humour of a Mourning-Widow Consider'd. IX. Advice to the Widow. X. A Game of Back-Gammon, Play'd by my Lord and my Lady. XI. The Metamorphise of Silvia. XII. An Encomium upon Harli quine, General Wood's Horse. XIII. Fortune Revers'd: Or, the Minister's Family Ruin'd. XIV. A great Battle fought between G-l L-y's Turn-Spit, and Royal Geneva. XV. Cupid Abdicated: being a Dialogue between Cupid and a Captain. XVI. The Humour of a Country Election. XVII. A Letter to his Kinsman, Mr. W. B. XVIII. A Letter from an Engineer in Flanders to his Mistress in London. XIX. The Triangular Infection: XX. Tickler: Or, the Favourite. XXI. Surgit post Nubila Phoebus. XXII. The Long Vacation. XXIII. The Inhuman Mother. XXIV. The Quack. XXV. A Letter to his Friend Nich. Robinson. XXVI. The Midwife's Judgment best approved. XXVII. A Ramble thro' the Camp in Flanders.
Rands, Thomas.Date: 1713- Books
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Pax in crumena: or, the trooper turn'd poet. Containing, I. The poet's Voyage to Amsterdam. II. The Trooper Undone: Or, his Butter-Box Broke. III. A Letter from Susanna Lane to Thomas Trueboy, a Trooper. IV. Trueboy's Answer. V. A Letter from an Old Cook Maid in England, to George Blunderbuss, a Trooper in Flanders. VI. Blunderbuss's Answer. Vii. Blunderbuss's Receipt against Cowardice. Viii. The Humour of a Mourning Widow Consider'd. IX. Advice to the Widow. X. A Game of Back-Gammon, Play'd by my Lord and my Lady. XI. The Metamorphise of Silvia XII. An Encomium upon Harliquine, General Wood's Horse. XIII. Fortune Revers'd: Or, the Minister's Family Ruin'd. XIV. A great Battle fought between G-l L-y's Turn-Spit, and Royal Geneva. XV. Cupid Abdicated; being a Dialogue between Cupid and a Captain. XVI. The Humour of a Country Election. XVII. A Letter to his Kinsman, Mr. W. B. XVIII. A Letter from an Engineer in Flanders to his Mistress in London. XIX. The Triangular Infection. XX. Tickler: Or, the Favourite. XXI. Surgit post Nubila Phoebus XXII. The long Vacation. XXIII. The Inhuman Mother. XXIV. The Quack. XXV. A Letter to his Friend Nich. Robinson. XXVI. The Midwife's Judgment best approved. XXVII. A Ramble thro' the Camp in Flanders. By Thomas Rands, of the late Lieutenant General Wood's Regiment of Horse.
Rands, Thomas.Date: 1714- Digital Images
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Pulmonaria officinalis L. Boraginaceae Distribution: Europe. Pulmonaria or Lungwort are names for a lichen and a perennial plant in the Boraginaceae. This is the latter. Lyte (1578) has a woodcut of our plant and also calls it Sage of Jerusalem and says it is of 'no particular use in physicke, but is much used in meates and salads with eggs, as is also Cowslippes and Primroses, whereunto in temperature it is much alike.' He lists and describes the lichen separately. Culpeper (1650) said he found many sorts of lunguewort in perusing Authors ' Pulmonari, arborea and Symphytum maculosum [and the latter is our plant, the others the lichen] and that they 'helpe infirmities of the lungues, as hoarseness, coughs, wheezing, shortnesse of breath etc.' Coles (1657) who espouses the Doctrine of Signatures in a way unrivalled by any other English author, might have been expected to confirm the concept that the mottled leaves looked like the cut surface of a lung which indicates their purpose, but he only mentions the lungwort which is a lichen. However, Porta's beautiful book on the Doctrine, Phytognomica (1588), is clear that the plant called Pulmonaria with hairy leaves like a bugloss, spotted white with purple flowers, commonly called 'cynoglossa' [with a woodcut which could be Pulmonaria officinalis] indicate its use for ulcerated lungs, spitting blood, shortness of breath and asthma equally with the lichen with the same name. Lobel & Pena (1570) call it 'PULMONARIA, masculosa folia Borrago. floribus Primula veris, purpureis [PULMONARIA spotted, Borage-leaved, flowers like Primula veris - Cowslips - purple]' and say that women mix the leaves with a little broth and make it into an omelette for lung disorders and to strengthen the heart.. Lobel (1576) calls it Maculosa Pulmonaria and describes a white flowered form with a good woodcut. Gerard (1633) uses the same woodcut as Lobel and calls it Pulmonatia foliis Echii, Buglosse Cowslips with red flowers, and a woodcut of a narrow leaved plant as Pulmonaria masculosa, Spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem with red, blue and purple flowers and says 'the leaves are used among pot-herbes. The roots are aso thought to be good against the infirmities of ulcers of the lungs...'. Quincy (1718) writes: '... it has a glutinous juice ... and heals ulcers and erosions. It is commended in coughs and spitting of blood but is little used either in the Shop or Prescriptions'. Not used in modern medicine. It is in the family Boraginaceae whose species are often rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver toxicity and liver cancers, but levels in Pulmonaria officinalis may not be significant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Pulmonaria officinalis L. Boraginaceae Distribution: Officinalis indicates its medicinal use in early medicine. Europe. Pulmonaria or Lungwort are names for a lichen and a perennial plant in the Boraginaceae. This is the latter. Lyte (1578) has a woodcut of our plant and also calls it Sage of Jerusalem and says it is of ' no particular use in physicke, but is much used in meates and salads with eggs, as is also Cowslippes and Primroses, whereunto in temperature it is much alike.' He lists and describes the lichen separately. Culpeper (1650) said he found many sorts of lunguewort in perusing Authors ' Pulmonari, arborea and Symphytum maculosum [and the latter is our plant, the others the lichen] and that they 'helpe infirmities of the lungues, as hoarseness, coughs, wheezing, shortnesse of breath etc.' Coles (1657) who espouses the Doctrine of Signatures in a way unrivalled by any other English author, might have been expected to confirm the concept that the mottled leaves looked like the cut surface of a lung which indicates their purpose, but he only mentions the lungwort which is a lichen. However, Porta's beautiful book on the Doctrine, Phytognomica (1588), is clear that the plant called Pulmonaria with hairy leaves like a bugloss, spotted white with purple flowers, commonly called 'cynoglossa' [with a woodcut which could be Pulmonaria officinalis] indicate its use for ulcerated lungs, spitting blood, shortness of breath and asthma equally with the lichen with the same name. Lobel & Pena (1570) call it 'PULMONARIA, masculosa folia Borrago, floribus Primula veris, purpureis [PULMONARIA spotted, Borage-leaved, flowers like Primula veris - Cowslips - purple]' and say that women mix the leaves with a little broth and make it into an omelette for lung disorders and to strengthen the heart. Lobel (1576) calls it Maculosa Pulmonaria and describes a white flowered form with a good woodcut. Gerard (1633) uses the same woodcut as Lobel and calls it Pulmonatia foliis Echii, Buglosse Cowslips with red flowers, and a woodcut of a narrow leaved plant as Pulmonaria masculosa, Spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem with red, blue and purple flowers and says 'the leaves are used among pot-herbes. The roots are aso thought to be good against the infirmities of ulcers of the lungs...'. Quincy (1718) writes: '... it has a glutinous juice ... and heals ulcers and erosions. It is commended in coughs and spitting of blood but is little used either in the Shop or Prescriptions. Not used in modern medicine. It is in the family Boraginaceae whose species are often rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver toxicity and liver cancers, but levels in Pulmonaria officinalis may not be significant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley