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M0003925: Twigs used as toothbrushes
Date: 23 April 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/32/76Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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The bird-fancier's recreation: being curious remarks on the nature of song-birds, with choice instructions concerning the taking, feeding, breeding and teaching them, and to know the Cock from the Hen. Also The Manner of taking Birds with Lime-Twigs, and the Preparations necessary thereto. With An Account of the Distempers incident to Song-Birds, and the Method to cure them.
Date: 1735- Pictures
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Birch (Betula species): twigs and catkins. Pen and pencil drawings.
Reference: 22359i- Pictures
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Oak (Quercus species): leaves and twigs. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
Reference: 22354i- Pictures
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Acorns and twigs of oak (Quercus species). Pen, pencil and watercolour drawings.
Reference: 22357i- Pictures
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Leaves and twigs of elm (Ulmus) and privet (Ligustrum). Watercolour and pencil drawings.
Reference: 22387i- Digital Images
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Schoolgirls cleaning teeth with neem twigs in India
John & Penny Hubley- Pictures
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Leaves and twigs of lilac (Syringa), box (Buxus) and alder (Alnus). Watercolour, pencil and pen drawings.
Reference: 22388i- Pictures
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Four twigs with catkins, all from named types of poplar or aspen (Populus species). Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24819i- Books
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The fowler. Containing rules for taking every species of land and water fowl; whether by Fowling Piece, Net, Engine, or otherwise. Such as, Woodcocks, Felfares, Pigeons, Magpies, Morepoots, Snipes, Gleads, Crows, Rooks, Herns, Partridges, Pheasants, Rails, and Quails. With an account of their seasons; Descriptions of their Haunts; and Methods for making Limes, Limed Twigs, Springes, Baits, &c. for taking them. Likewise, instructions for the choice and training of the dogs for fowling; Remedies for their Diseases, &c. &c. Also, A Concise Essay on Song Birds, viz. The Nightingale; Canary Bird; Black Bird, Wood Lark, Linnet, Chaffinch, Robin, Starling, Tit Lark, Bull Finch, Thrush, Sky Lark, Redstart, Wren, Green Finch, Gold Finch, Hedge Sparrow. Clearly Describing Their Seasons, and Nests; with the best Modes for Taking and Preserving them in Health and good Song. By Nicholas Coxe, Esq; Author of the Huntsman.
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.Date: [1780?]- Books
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The fowler. Containing rules for taking every species of land and water fowl; whether by fowling piece, net, engine, or otherwise. Such AS, Woodcocks, Felfares, Pigeons, Magpies, Morepoots, Snipes, Gleads, Crows, Rooks, Herns, Partridges, Pheasants, Rails, and Quails. With An Account of their Seasons; Descriptions of their Haunts; and Methods for making Limes, Limed Twigs, Springes, Baits, &c. for taking them. Likewise, instructions for the choice and training of the dogs for fowling; Remedies for their Diseases, &c. &c. Also, a concise essay on song birds, Viz. The Nightingale; Canary Bird; Black Bird, Wood Lark, Linnet, Chaffinch, Robin, Starling, Tit Lark, Bull Finch, Thrush, Sky Lark, Redstart, Wren, Green Finch, Gold Finch, Hedge Sparrow. Clearly Describing Their Seasons, and Nests; with the best Modes for Taking and Preserving them in Health and good Song. By Nicholas Coxe, Esq. Author Of The Huntsman.
Cox, Nicholas, active 1673-1731.Date: [1795?]- Pictures
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Oak (Quercus robur), hazel (Corylus avellana) and hornbeam (Carpinus betulus): fruiting and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24822i- Pictures
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Common beech (Fagus sylvatica) and Spanish chestnut (Castanea sativa): leafy and flowering twigs. Chromolithograph by W. Dickes & co., c. 1855.
W. Dickes & Co.Date: [1855]Reference: 24820i- Pictures
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A Russian bathhouse: men and women bathing in the steam and invigorating each other with bundles of twigs. Colour aquatint by E.M. Korneev, 1811/1813.
Korneev, E. M. (Emelʹi︠a︡n Mikhaĭlovich)Date: [1812]Reference: 38577i- Pictures
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A man chopping twigs on a wooden block, perhaps as fuel (?) for an oven used in processing harvested tea. Gouache by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
Date: 1850Reference: 572141iPart of: Tea (Camellia sinensis) cultivation and production.- Pictures
Four beavers at a river bank: two are gnawing at a tree while the other two are collecting twigs in the water with a village behind the lake in the background. Etching by J.E. Ridinger.
Ridinger, Johann Elias, 1698-1767.Reference: 39327i- Pictures
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Leaves of birch (Betula species). Pen drawing with pencil.
Reference: 22361i- Digital Images
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Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig decoction
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The bird fancier's recreation. Being curious remarks on the nature of song-birds, with choice instructions concerning the taking, feeding, breeding and teaching them, and how to know the cock from the hen. Also the manner of taking birds with lime-twigs, and the preparations necessary thereto. With an account of the distempers incident to song-birds, and the method to cure them.
Date: 1728- Digital Images
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Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig and rhubarb
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Theory of diseases treated with cassia twig & monkshood root
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A winged, blindfolded woman; representing avarice. Engraving by G. Pencz.
Pencz, Georg, 1500?-1550.Reference: 26736iPart of: Seven deadly sins- Books
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Laws and regulations of the Medical Benevolent Society, instituted in the year 1816.
Medical Benevolent Society (London, England)Date: [1822]- Books
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The guinea note, A poem. By Timothy Twig, Esquire.
Campbell, Alexander, 1764-1824.Date: M.DCC.XCVII. [1797]- Pictures
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Hazel twig (Corylus avellana) with an associated insect and its anatomical segments. Coloured etching, c. 1831.
Date: 1 February 1831Reference: 24190i