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Carthamus tinctorius L. Asteraceae. Safe Flower, False Saffron - Distribution: W. Asia. Dioscorides (in Beck, 2003) notes the seeds as a purgative, but also advises it made up with 30 figs, which must have helped. Gerard (1640) calls it Atractylis flore luteo the yellow distaffe thistle. and follows Dioscorides in its uses, but does get the reader confused with Cnicus benedictus, calling both plants 'wild bastard saffron'. Culpeper makes no mention of it in his early works, but later (1826) have the following: ‘Wild Saffon, or Saf-flower ... accounted a pretty strong cathartic [causing diarrhoea and vomiting], evacuating tough viscid phlegm, both upwards and downwards, and by that means is said to clear the lungs, and help the phthisic [now equated with tuberculosis]. It is likewise serviceable against the jaundice
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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Assistant plates to the materia medica ; or, figures of such plants and animals as are used in medicine : adapted to the most celebrated treatises on the materia medica / by William Curtis.
Curtis William, 1746-1799.Date: 1786- Books
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Hortus medicus, or figures and descriptions of the more important plants used in medicine, or possessed of poisonous qualities; with their medical properties, chemical analysis, &c. &c. ... The chemical and medical departments by John Davie Morries / by George Graves.
Date: 1834- Books
The gardener's companion to medicinal plants : an A-Z of healing plants and home remedies / Monique Simmonds, Melanie-Jayne Howes and Jason Irving.
Simmonds, Monique S. J.Date: 2016- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 9
Date: February 1902 - May 1902Reference: WF/E/03/09Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 9
Date: February 1902 - May 1902Reference: WF/E/03/09 (copy, part 1)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 9
Date: February 1902 - May 1902Reference: WF/E/03/09 (copy, part 2)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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[Botanique medicinal].
Jaume Saint-Hilaire, Jean Henri, 1772-1845.Date: [1799?]- Books
Botanicum medicinale : an herbal of medicinal plants on the College of Physicians' list .. Most beautifully engraved on 120 large folio copper-plates / From the exquisite drawings of the late ingenious T. Sheldrake ... To which is now added, his Tables for finding the heat and cold in all climates, that exotic plants may be raised in summer, and preserved in winter.
Sheldrake, Timothy, active 1740-1770.Date: 1759- Books
A Japanese herbal in the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : a contribution to the history of the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to Japan / edited by Hartmut Walravens.
Date: 2005- Books
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Illustrations of Indian botany / by Robert Wight.
Date: 1840- Books
Búfala e Senhora das Plantas = Buffalo and Lady of Plants / Rosana Paulino.
Paulino, RosanaDate: [2020]- Books
Biopsy art / Pei-Hsin Chem.
Date: 2016- Books
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Botanicum medicinale; an herbal of medicinal plants on the College of Physicians list. Describing their Places of Growth, Roots, Bark, Leaves, Buds, Time of Flowering, Blossoms, Flowers, Stiles, Chives, Embrio's, Fruits, Farina, Colours, Seeds, Kernels, Seed-Vessels, Parts used in Medicine, Preparations in the Shops, Medicinal Virtues, Names in Nine Languages. Most beautifully engraved on 120 large folio copper-plates, from the exquisite drawings of the late ingenious T. Sheldrake. English Plants are drawn from Nature to the greatest Accuracy, Flowers, or Parts, too small to be distinguished, are magnified. Nothing in any Language exceeds this Thirty Years laborious Work, of which may truly be said that Nature only equals it, every Thing of the Kind, hitherto attempted, being trivial, compared to this inimitable Performance. Designed to promote Botanical Knowledge, prevent Mistakes in the Use of Simples in compounding and preparing Medicines, to illustrate, and render such Herbals as want the just Representations in their proper Figures and Colours more useful. Necessary to such as practise Physic, Pharmacy, Chemistry, &c. entertaining to the Curious, the Divine and Philosopher, in contemplating these wonderful Productions, - Useful to Painters, Heralds, Carvers, Designers, Gardeners, &c. The Colours of every Part are minutely described; for Utility it must be esteemed preferable to any Hortus Siccus extant. The Means to preserve Fruits, and dry Flowers, in their Native Form and Colour, are not yet discovered; Plants cannot be preserved to Persection. The Flowers, when coloured, are represented in their original Bloom, and Fruits in the inviting Charms of Maturity. To which now is added, his tables for finding the heat and cold in all climates, That Exotic Plants may be raised in Summer, and preserved in Winter.
Sheldrake, Timothy, -1770.Date: [1759?]- Books
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The Sumbul : a new Asiatic remedy of great power against nervous disorders, spasms of the stomach, cramp, hysterical affections, paralysis of the limbs, and epilepsy : with an account of its physical, chemical, and medicinal characters, and specific property of checking the progress of collapse-cholera, as first ascertained in Russia / by A.B. Granville.
Date: 1850- Books
The medical companion: treating, according to the most successful practice, I. The diseases common to warm climates and on ship board. II. Common cases in surgery, as fractures, dislocations, &c. III. The complaints peculiar to women and children. With a dispensatory and glossary. To which are added, a brief anatomy of the human body; an essay on hygeine [sic], or the art of preserving health and prolonging life; an American materia medica, instructing country gentlemen in the very important knowledge of the virtues and doses of our medicinal plants; also, a concise and impartial history of the capture of Washington, and the diseases wich sprung from that most deplorable disaster / [James Ewell].
Ewell, James, 1773-1832.Date: 1816- Archives and manuscripts
'Dartford Museum' - 10 x 8 Negatives, Exhibition text
Date: 1855-1989Reference: WF/M/I/DM/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Pictures
China rose or Shoe flower (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.): two flowering stems and separate fruits, flower and seeds - both whole and sectioned. Coloured line engraving by G. Appelman after M. Splinter.
Splinter, Marcelis, 1634-Date: [1686]Reference: 16212i- Pictures
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Left and right - Chasalia ophioxyloides (Wall.) Craib.: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
Date: [1685]Reference: 16048i- Books
On innards / Amanda Couch, Andrew Hladky, Mindy Lee and Richard Nash.
Couch, AmandaDate: [2015]- Pictures
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Jo Spence in a hospice bed.
Spence, JoDate: [1992]Reference: 3069501iPart of: Final project.- Pictures
Jo Spence in a hospice bed with visitors.
Spence, JoDate: [1992]Reference: 3076003iPart of: Final project.- Pictures
Jo Spence in a hospice bed reaching for her camera.
Spence, JoDate: [1992]Reference: 3076005iPart of: Final project.- Pictures
Jo Spence in a hospice bed with her camera.
Spence, JoDate: [1992]Reference: 3076004iPart of: Final project.- Pictures
Left sided orchidectomy II.
Landy, Michael, 1963-Date: 2005Reference: 3198168i