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1 print : lithograph, with tint ; image 11.7 x 17.4 cm

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

xvi, 261 pages, 24 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Aerial view with, as a vignette, a perspective from the other side of the bridge
This drawing was produced as part of the submission for a limited competition, arranged by the Egyptian Government, for a hospital of 1,225 beds to be built on Rodah Island in the Nile at Cairo. Details of the competition, assessor John William Simpson PRIBA, may be found in the Builder, 15 April 1921. The competition was won by C. Nicholas and J. E. Dixon-Spain, result announced in the Builder, 16 March 1923. It seems that the winning design was never built
Qasr al-'Ayni means the palace of al-'Ayni; al-'Ayni is a personal name

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 56.5 x 86.7 cm

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; sheet 39.1 x 49.2 cm

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Beiträge zur Geschichte der arabisch-islamischen Medizin.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

A morphological and biological study of Culex pipiens in the Cairo area of Egypt (Diptera, Culicidae) / by Kenneth L. Knight, Albert A. Abdel-Malek.

Qalʻat al-Jabal, Citadel of the mountain, or Muhammad Ali Citadel

1 print : lithograph with two tint plates, with watercolour and gum arabic ; sheet 32.2 x 48.3 cm

The Saladin citadel of Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Box file containing items of ephemera in acid free sleeves. Includes: 'Check diabetes' (American Diabetes Association, New York / Michigan Diabetes Association), Leaflet HbA1c : testing for type 2 diabetes, details of the "Line-ration" scheme for a diabetic diet from the 1930s, Roche's Accu-Chek daily blood testing equipment for diabetics, MediSense's blood glucose meter (2010), leaflets from Diabetes UK, diabetes and pregnancy (NHS, 2007), G. van Abbott & Sons' price list of diabetic foods (1929), S. Callard's diabetic foods (1892), R.D. Lawrence's 'line-ration' weighed diabetic diet scheme (1942, reprinted 1945), Accu-Chek blood glucose monitoring systems (Roche, 2012), hypoglycaemia (MSD Diabetes, 2012?), Boots free diabetes risk assessment (2013), Independent Diabetes Trust (Northampton, 2012?), Rose's Diabetic Orange Squash and Lemon Squash (1981), Wander's Diabetic Milk Chocolate and Wander Orange Flavoured Diabetic Wafer (1981), Abbott Diabetes Care (2012?), 'Free diabetes risk assessment' (Boots, 2010), 'Type 2 diabetes, let's keep things in balance' (Boots, 2012), 'Type 2 diabetes, reduce your risk' (Tesco, Diabetes UK : 2013), 'Diabetes', 'Metabolic and endocrine disorders' (NHS National Institute for Health Research : 2014), Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute Berne's Berna Products' Neo Lobulina antidiabetic pills (1950s? : sole agency for Europe, Ernest Zinniker, Cairo).

General Collections Ephemera Collection

Diabetes etc. ephemera. Box 1.

xiii, 231 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm

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The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

A morphological and biological study of Culex pipiens in the Cairo area of Egypt (Diptera, Culicidae) / by Kenneth L. Knight, Albert A. Abdel-Malek.

The Saladin citadel of Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Diabetes etc. ephemera. Box 1.

Blighted bodies and physical difference in Cairo, Damascus and Mecca, 1400-1550 CE / by Kristina Lynn Richardson.

Viaggiatori barocchi : Giovanni Battista Bonagente, un medico veneto al Cairo / Anna Vanzan.

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The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

At the gates of the East : a book of travel among historic wonderlands / by J.P. Barry.

Qasr al-'Ayni Hospital and Medical School, Cairo: design for new buildings. Gouache after J. T. Cackett & R. Burns Dick, 1922.

The Sultan Hasan Mosque, Cairo, Egypt: view from the citadel. Photograph by Francis Frith, ca. 1858.

Macrizi's Beschreibung der Hospitäler in el-Câhira / aus den arabischen Handschriften zu Gotha und Wien übersetzt von Prof. Dr. Wüstenfeld.

A morphological and biological study of Culex pipiens in the Cairo area of Egypt (Diptera, Culicidae) / by Kenneth L. Knight, Albert A. Abdel-Malek.

The Saladin citadel of Cairo, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Diabetes etc. ephemera. Box 1.

Blighted bodies and physical difference in Cairo, Damascus and Mecca, 1400-1550 CE / by Kristina Lynn Richardson.

Viaggiatori barocchi : Giovanni Battista Bonagente, un medico veneto al Cairo / Anna Vanzan.

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