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Map of the Mediterranean region described in the biblical books of Acts and Epistles. Colour lithograph.
Reference: 576723i- Pictures
A Turkish woman seated on the wall of a pool to bathe, with an ointment jar. Lithograph by C. Motte after L. Boulanger.
Boulanger, Louis, 1806-1867.Date: 1830Reference: 31168i- Pictures
Ethiopia: a baby being vaccinated against smallpox. Photograph by P. Almasy, ca. 1975.
Almasy, Paul, 1906-2003.Date: [1975?]Reference: 749748i- Digital Images
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Cistus ladanifer L., Cistaceae. Common Gum Cistus or Ladanum/labdanum. Distribution: Southern Europe and N. Africa. The fragrant resin from the sticky leaves, Gum Labdanum, is extracted and used in Mediterranean regions as an insecticide and deodorant ((Lewis & Elvin-Lewis, 2003). Lyte (1578) advises local application to prevent hair loss and cure earache
Dr Henry Oakeley- Pictures
Alanya (Alaya), Turkey. Steel engraving by W. Floyd, 1837, after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.Date: 1837Reference: 2124760i- Digital Images
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Scorpion and snake fighting, Anglo-Saxon. circa 1050
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Five keys to safer food in Djibouti. Colour lithograph by Pulp Pictures for World Health Organisation, ca. 2000.
Date: [2000?]Reference: 752345i- Pictures
Alanya (Alaya), Turkey. Steel engraving by H. Adlard, 1836, after W.H. Bartlett.
Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854.Date: 1836Reference: 2124761i- Digital Images
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Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broad beans, Fava bean. Distribution: N. Africa, SW Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Fabarum. Of Beans. Of Bean Cods (or Pods as we in Sussex call them) being burned, the ashes are a sovereign remedy for aches in the joints, old bruises, gout and sciaticaes.’ The beans are perfectly edible for the majority, but 1% of Caucasians, predominantly among Greeks, Italians and people from the Eastern Mediterranean regions, have a genetic trait in that they lack the ability to produce the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. As a consequence, eating broad beans or even inhaling the pollen, causes a severe haemolytic anaemia a few days later. This condition is known as favism. The whole plant, including the beans, contains levodopa, a precursor of dopamine, and some patients with Parkinsonism report symptomatic improvement after commencing on a diet that contains these beans regularly. A case of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome (fever, rigidity, autonomic instability, altered consciousness, elevated creatine phosphokinase levels) consequent on abrupt discontinuation of a diet containing plenty of broad beans, has been described in a patient with Parkinsonism. This is usually seen when patients abruptly discontinue L-dopa therapy. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley