Medicine Collection (page 3)

Grains of Selim tree, Xylopia aethiopica
Grains of Selim, Xylopia aethiopica, Habzelia aethiopica, Habzeli d Ethiopie. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lebrun after a botanical illustration by Edouard Maubert from Pierre Oscar Reveil, A

Frankincense, luban tree, or olibanum-tree, Boswellia sacra (Boswellia carterii). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs, ca. 1800. Creator: Unknown
Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs, ca. 1800. Hanumans mighty tail carries his army

Fresco in the crypt of the Cathedral, Anagni, Italy, (1928). Creator: Unknown
Fresco in the crypt of the Cathedral, Anagni, Italy, (1928). About 1250...Hippocrates and Galen, painted by the master of the " Traslazioni" in the crypt of the same church

Infirmary - Havil Street, Camberwell
Its the circular ward block for the workhouse infirmary, designed in 1889 by architect R.P. Whellock, and opened the following year at Havil Street, Camberwell

Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. Artist: John Pass
Guys Hospital, Southwark, London, c1800. View of the north front of the hospital showing a man being stretchered through the front gates

Communist China - training barefoot doctors
Communist China - a military doctor trains three young women as so-called barefoot doctors, usually village-based farm workers trained in primary health care and basic hygiene, including acupuncture

Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologist
Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban biologist noted for work on yellow fever. Date: circa 1900

Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills, WW1
Advertisement, Carters Little Liver Pills for Active Service, showing a man undergoing an army medical examination during the early stages of the First World War. Date: 1914

JUNG, Carl Gustav (1875-1961). Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist. Founder of analytical psychology. Oil

Human foot anatomy showing skin, veins, arteries, muscles and bones
Human foot anatomy showing skin, veins, arteries, muscles, and bones, cutaway view

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

EUSTACHIO, Bartolomeo (1500-1574). Italian anatomist

City of London Infirmary, Bow Road, East London
Situated where Mile End Road continues as Bow Road, the City of London Union Infirmary (now St Clement's Hospital) opened in 1849 as the City of London Union workhouse

Ergot of rye, Claviceps purpurea. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Healthy knee, X-ray
Healthy knee. Coloured frontal (right) and profile (left) X-rays of the healthy knee of a 24 year old patient

Advert, Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative
Atkinson & Barkers Royal Infants Preservative, claimed to be the best medicine in the world, by royal appointment, with portraits of Queen Victoria and Princess Alexandra in their bridal dresses

Human Skull Engraving

Human eye anatomy engraving 1899
Corso Elementare di Scienze Naturali

Human spine anatomy illustration 1866
Atlas d anatomie descriptive du corps humain

Hand
Antique illustration of a human hand with tendons

Anatomy of the bronchus and bronchial tubes
Digital illustration showing the structure of the bronchus and bronchial tubes. These pathways carry air into the lungs and carbon dioxide out

USA, Nevada, Las Vegas. View of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Credit as: Gilles Delisle / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

The benefits of taking the water at Bad Wildungen, Germany
Comic illustration of the wonderful benefits to a ladys urinary tract (!) having taken the water at Bad Wildungen - a German therapeutic spa Town with springs that bring forth water containing iron

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand
LEONARDO: HANDS, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510, of human thorax, pelvic, and leg bones
LEONARDO: THORAX, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510, of human thorax, pelvic, and leg bones

Illustration of greater omentum, or epiploon
Medicine: Human anatomy, greater omentum, or epiploA

POTAWATOMI MEDICINE STICK. Stick containing many recipes for medicinal cures, used by the Potawatomi tribe in Michigan

Smallpox treatment document, New England, 1677
" A Brief Rule, " a printed guide to the treatment of smallpox, or measles, in New England, 1677. Woodcut reproduction with a watercolor wash

Langho Colony, Ribblesdale, Lancashire
Aerial view of the Langho Colony set up in 1906 by the Chorlton and Manchester Unions for the treatment of patients suffering from epilepsy

Union Workhouse, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
The Union workhouse erected in 1849-50 at Chamber Hills, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire, on what is now Fountain Street. The site is now Tameside Hospital

Camberwell Workhouse, East Dulwich, London
The administrative block of the Camberwell workhouse opened in 1895 on Constance Road, East Dulwich, south London. The building was designed by Thomas Aldwinckle

Maidstone Union Workhouse, Coxheath, Kent
Entrance to the Maidstone Union workhouse. Designed by John Whichcord, it was erected in 1836 on Heath Road in Coxheath. The site later became Linton Hospital

Union workhouse, Market Harborough, Leicestershire
The Market Harborough Union workhouse. The inscription on the pediment reads HARBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE 1836. At the doorway stands a man and a woman, presumably the master and matron

Samoan Women - Making Kawa-Kawa. Kawakawa is one of the most distinctive Pacific native plants. It was one of the most important healing herbs in Rongoa Maori (traditional Maori medicine)

Remedial Gymnastics
Diagram to show methods of curative gentle exercise

Asklepios / Aesculapius
Greek - Roman god of medicine and healing : the serpent twined round a staff was his attribute

Chinese Acupuncture Char
An ancient Chinese acupuncture chart

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist who made many contributions to biology and coined the term metabolism

Grapevine with grapes, Vitis vinifera. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Black poplar tree, Populus nigra. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Sesame, Sesamum indicum. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Black cumin, Nigella sativa, and love-in-a-mist, Nigella damascena. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Jimson weed, Datura stramonium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Indigo or nil, Indigofera tinctoria. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Terebinth or turpentine tree, Pistacia terebinthus. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London

Tea plant, Camellia sinensis (Camellia thea). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Centella, Indian pennywort or gotu kola, Centella asiatica (Hydrocotyle asiatica). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

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