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C14 Chinese medication chart: Pestilence and damp stroke
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Course of pestilence in Ruthin, 1349
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The angel of God bringing three days of pestilence as atonement for David's sins. Woodcut.
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King David is forced by God to choose between famine, defeat in battle, or a pestilence. Engraving by M. Ogier, 1676.
Date: [1676?]Reference: 2803333i- Digital Images
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Plague in London, 1665
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A pestilent suburban cottage. A house in the Old Kent Road where cholera, diphteria and fever had all occured. It was surrounded by a foul ditch and on one side a stagnant pool.
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Dianthus caryophyllus L. Caryophyllaceae Carnation, clove-gilliflowers - Mediterranean Culpeper (1650) writes that ‘Clove-gilliflowers, resist the pestilence, strengthen the heart, liver and stomach, and provokes lust.’ They smell strongly of cloves, and an oil made from the petals is used in perfumery, soaps etc. The petals are sometimes used as a garnish for salads. In herbal medicine they are used to make a tonic. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Polygonum bistorta L. Polygonaceae Bistort, snakeweed, Easter Ledges. Distribution: Europe, N & W Asia. Culpeper: “... taken inwardly resist pestilence and poison, helps ruptures, and bruises, stays fluxes, vomiting and immoderate flowing of the terms in women, helps inflammations and soreness of the mouth, and fastens loose teeth, being bruised and boiled in white wine and the mouth washed with it.” In modern herbal medicine it is still used for a similar wide variety of internal conditions, but it can also be cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The use to relieve toothache, applied as a paste to the affected tooth, seems to have been widespread. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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A talisman against pestilance
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Evolution of Measures for the Nation's Health.
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Galega officinalis L. Fabaceae. Goat's Rue. Distribution: Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor. Culpeper (1650) writes that it ‘... resists poison, kills worms, resists the falling sickness [epilepsy], resisteth the pestilence.’ Galega officinalis contains guanidine which reduces blood sugar by decreasing insulin resistance and inhibiting hepatic gluconeogenesis.. Metformin and Phenformin are drugs for type II diabetes that rely on this group of chemicals, known as biguanidines. Its name gala, meaning milk plus ega meaning 'to bring on', refers to its alleged property of increasing milk yield, and has been used in France to increase milk yield in cows. officinalis refers to its use in the offices of the monks, and is a common specific name for medicinal plants before 1600 and adopted by Linnaeus (1753). The fresh plant tastes of pea pods. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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The port of Marseille during the plague of 1720. Etching by J. Rigaud after M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1658-1733.Reference: 10079i- Pictures
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A monk visiting the victims of the great plague of Milan in 1630; an episode in Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.
Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873.Reference: 6413i- Pictures
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Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630; a scene from Manzoni's 'I promessi sposi'. Lithograph by G. Gallina after A. Manzoni.
Manzoni, Alessandro, 1785-1873.Reference: 6412i- Pictures
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Saint Carlo Borromeo administering communion to victims of the plague in Milan of 1576. Line engraving by F. de Poilly after P. Mignard.
Mignard, Pierre, 1612-1695.Reference: 10125i- Pictures
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Saint Carlo Borromeo praying to the Virgin on behalf of victims of the plague in Milan, 1576. Engraving by A. Boccabadati after A. Malatesta after M.A. Franceschini.
Franceschini, Marcantonio, 1648-1729.Reference: 10126i- Pictures
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Saint Carlo Borromeo, with a rope around his neck, carrying a cross through the plague-ridden streets of Milan in 1576. Engraving by J. Frey, 1749, after Pietro da Cortona.
Pietro, da Cortona, 1597-1669.Date: 1749Reference: 10127i- Pictures
The plague of the Philistines at Ashdod. Engraving by S. Picart, 1677, after N. Poussin.
Poussin, Nicolas, 1594?-1665.Date: 1677Reference: 10121i- Pictures
The corso of Marseille, during the plague of 1720. Etching by J.B. Rigaud after J. Rigaud after M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1658-1733.Reference: 10080i- Pictures
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The port of Marseille during the plague in 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1658-1733.Reference: 10078i- Pictures
The main thoroughfare of Marseille during the plague of 1720. Coloured etching after M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1658-1733.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 10081i- Pictures
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A physician wearing a plague preventive costume in Marseille, 1720. Watercolour, 19--.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 10116i- Pictures
Bishop H.F.X. Belsunce praying for the victims of the 1720 plague in Marseille. Etching by J.-J. Frilley.
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The main thoroughfare of Marseille, during the plague of 1720. Coloured etching by J. Rigaud after M. Serre.
Serre, Michel, 1658-1733.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 10082i- Pictures
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Allegorical female figure assisting victims of the 1720 plague in Marseille. Lithograph by H. Aubry-Lecomte, 1835, after F. Gérard, 1834.
Gérard, François, 1770-1837.Date: 1835Reference: 10085i