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Interpreting the Ayurvedic Man

A British Sign Language video is the latest interpretation of an unique 18th-century Nepali painting about Ayurvedic medicine.

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Graphic battles in pharmacy

James Morison’s campaign against the medical establishment inspired a wave of caricatures mocking his quack medicine.

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A medieval guide to practical magic

With few sources of effective help available when treating an injured patient, the medieval physician could instead stage a healing ceremony using a practical how-to guide he carried with him.

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Theriac: An ancient brand?

The name theriac survived for around for two millennia as a pharmaceutical term. But a ‘brand’ name is not always a guarantee of quality.

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  • Illustration to show the use of the microscope in medicine, (Campani's microscopes).
  • A medicine show; a moustachioed charlatan holds up a phial, a miserable patient sits in the carriage and a black man in uniform bangs the drums. Coloured lithograph by G. Frison.
  • Outline of Harrogate, showing sites of some medicinal springs
  • School of Medicine, Paris: interior view showing doctors attending a lecture in the amphitheatre. Coloured lithograph by G. Doré.
  • School of Medicine, Paris: interior view showing doctors attending a lecture in the amphitheatre. Coloured lithograph by G. Doré.
  • Plan of Wellcome museum galleries: 3rd floor showing new arrangement, 1942, Dr Daukes scheme: cosmogony, evolution, prehistory, primitive medicine, Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, library etc...
  • Anatomy of a dog: nine figures, showing the skeletons and skulls of different breeds of dog and including demonstrations of the administering of medicine. Lithograph, 1860/1900?.
  • Zuni medicine man, New Mexico: reclining on a blanket wearing only a loin cloth, showing his back and his face in profile. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis.
  • School of Medicine, Paris: a mural in the amphitheatre showing fifty-six prominent medical men in a neo-classical setting. Lithograph by N. Legrand, 1908, after U. Bourgeois, 1895.
  • Public exposure, analysis, etc., of advertised remedies : patent medicines and foods showing their estimated costs, analytical contents, and various claims / copyright by the Advertised Remedies Exposure Campaign ... organiser- Wm. T. Davison.
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