Stories
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Mandrake medicine and myths
There’s a lot of plant lore about the mandrake, going back to ancient times. Find out more about how this unremarkable-looking plant got its magical reputation.
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Plant portraits
The beautiful and mysterious illustrations in medieval herbals convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.
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A quick guide to drugs, the brain and brain chemistry
Discover some of the major chemicals that govern activity in our brains, how they work, and why certain drugs have the effects they do.
Catalogue
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Mandrakes and other aphrodisiacs in the Bible & Talmud / by Fred Rosner.
Rosner, Fred.Date: [1960?]- Archives and manuscripts
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M0006133: Uprooting the mandrakes
Date: 09 March 1939Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/51/32Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0002786: Three mandrakes
Date: 28 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/23/55Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0007193: Manuscript illustration of four mandrakes of various shapes, 15th century
Date: 30 July 1940Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/61/79Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
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An historical account of mandrakes, both male and female. With a particular account of those which Rachel long'd for.
Date: MDCCXLI. [1741]