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William Harvey : a history of the discovery of the circulation of the blood / by R. Willis ; With a portrait of Harvey, after Faithorne.
Willis, Robert, 1799-1878.Date: 1878- Books
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Aphorismi Urbigerani, or, Certain rules, clearly demonstrating the three infallible ways of preparing the grand elixir, or circulatum majus of the philosophers : discovering the secret of secrets, and detecting the errors of vulgar chymists in their operations : contain'd in one hundred and one aphorisms, to which are added The three ways of preparing the vegetable elixir, or, Circulatum minus / all deduc'd from never-erring experience by Baro Urbigerus.
Urbigerus, BaroDate: 1690- Books
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Medulla chymiae, variis experimentis aucta ... / [John Francis Vigani].
Vigani, John Francis, 1650?-1712Date: 1685- Books
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Ephemeri vita, or, The natural history and anatomy of the Ephemeron, a fly that lives but five hours / written originally in Low-Dutch by Jo. Swammerdam.
Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680Date: 1681- Books
Wounds of the brain proved curable, not only by the opinion and experience of many ... authors, but the remarkable history of a child four years old cured of two very large depressions, with the loss of great part of the skull, a portion of the brain, also issuing thorough [sic] a penetrating wound of the dura and pia mater. Published for the ... vindication of the author [in reply to W. Durston] / [James Yonge].
Yonge, James, 1647-1721.Date: 1682- Books
A choice collection of rare secrets and experiments in philosophy. As also rare and unheard-of medicines, menstruums, and alkahests; with the true secret of volatilizing the fixt salt of tartar / Collected and experimented by the honourable and truly learned Sir Kenelm Digby ... Hitherto kept secret since his decease, but now published for the good and benefit of the publick, by George Hartman.
Digby, Kenelm, 1603-1665.Date: 1682- Digital Images
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Portraits: Queen Elizabeth, Lord Burleigh and Sir Walsingham
W. Faithorne- Digital Images
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Portrait of Francis Glisson
W. Faithorne- Digital Images
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Portrait of John Bulwer, state III. Fully Lettered, as prefixed to the sitter's "Anthropometamorphosis" (1653).
W. Faithorne I- Books
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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex : containing directions of behaviour, in all places, companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world Prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. By Hannah Woolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1673- Books
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The gentlewomans companion; or, A guide to the female sex : containing directions of behaviour, in all places companies, relations, and conditions, from their childhood down to old age: viz. As, children to parents. Scholars to governours. Single to servants. Virgins to suitors. Married to husbands. Huswifes to the house. Mistresses to servants. Mothers to children. Widows to the world. prudent to all. With letters and discourses upon all occasions. Whereunto is added, a guide for cook-maids, dairy-maids, chamber-maids, and all others that go to service. The whole being an exact rule for the female sex in general. The third edition. By Hannah Woolley.
Woolley, Hannah, active 1670Date: 1682- Books
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A vievv of the people of the vvhole vvorld, or, A short survey of their policies, dispositions, naturall deportments, complexions, ancient and moderne customes, manners, habits, and fashions : a worke every where adorned with philosophicall, morall and historicall observations on the occasions of their mutations & changes throughout all ages : for the readers greater delight, figures are annexed to most of the relations / scripsit J.B.
J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656Date: 1658- Books
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Saducismus triumphatus: or, Full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions· : In two parts. The first treating of their possibility, the second of their real existence. By Joseph Glanvil late chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, and Fellow of the Royal Society. With a letter of Dr. Henry More on the same subject. And an authentick, but wonderful story of certain Swedish witches; done into English by Anth. Horneck preacher at the Savoy.
Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680Date: 1681- Books
The Queens closet opened : incomparable secrets in physick, chirurgery, preserving and candying, &c. ; which were presented unto the Queen : by the most experienced persons of the times, many whereof were had in esteem, when she pleased to descend to private recreations.
Date: 1671- Archives and manuscripts
M0002448: Portrait of Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723) / M0002449: Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597-1677)
Date: 04 November 1931Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/20/99Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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Anthropometamorphosis: = man transform'd: or, the artificiall changling : historically presented, in the mad and cruell gallantry, foolish bravery, ridiculous beauty, filthy finenesse, and loathsome loveliness of most nations, fashioning and altering their bodies from the mould intended by nature; with figures of those transfigurations. To which artificiall and affected deformations are added, all the native and nationall monstrosities that have appeared to disfigure the humane fabrick. With a vindication of the regular beauty and honesty of nature. And an appendix of the pedigree of the English gallant. Scripsit J.B. cognomento chirosophus. M.D.
J. B. (John Bulwer), 1606-1656Date: Anno Dom. 1653- Books
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Saducismus triumphatus: or, full and plain evidence concerning witches and apparitions : in two parts. The first treating of their possibility, the second of their real existence. With a letter of Dr. Henry More on the same subject. And an authentick ... story of certain Swedish witches / done into English by Anth. Horneck. By Joseph Glanvill.
Glanvill, Joseph, 1636-1680Date: [1689]