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  • Plate XIX-XX, Surgical instruments for the treatment of diseases in the ureter and prostate.
  • Three sections of diseased prostate, numbered for key. Lithograph by Bénard et Frey after A. Chazal, c. 1825.
  • Practical observations on the treatment of the diseases of the prostate gland. Illustrated by copper plates / by Everard Home.
  • Practical observations on the treatment of the diseases of the prostate gland. Illustrated by copper plates / by Everard Home.
  • Helianthus annuus Greene Asteraceae. Sunflower, Marigold of Peru, Floure of the Sun. Distribution: Peru and Mexico. It was much recommended by Gerard (1633) who advises that the buds, covered in flour, boiled, and eaten with 'butter, vinegar and pepper, far surpass artichokes in procuring bodily lust’. Sadly, today only the seeds of sunflower are consumed, as the source of sunflower seed oil used in cooking. It contains mono and polyunsaturated fats, linoleic acid and oleic acid, and is low in saturated fats. As such it was thought to lower cholesterol and so the risk of heart disease, but it may increase the risk of breast and prostatic cancer. However a recent report BMJ2013
  • Castration resistant prostate cancer, human tissue