Stories
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Ginger’s role in cures and courtroom battles
Some people will use a dose of ginger to help with hangovers – but it hasn’t always been a friend to the thirsty.
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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
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Castor oil for cattle / Alfred Parker.
Parker, Alfred.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Ephemera
Castor oil for cattle. : linseed oil for cattle.
Date: [1840-1849]- Ephemera
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Castor oil for cattle / Thomas Roper.
Röper, Thomas.Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Pictures
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Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
Burnett, M. A., active 1850.Date: [1847]Reference: 23822i- Digital Images
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Ricinus Communis, Castor oil plant
Sue Snell