Medicinal Collection (page 14)

Greek art. A gift for the god of healing. Macedonia. Asklepios. C. 420 B.C. Marble. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Meat aspic
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Meat aspic. Miniature. Fol. 76 r

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Selling salt
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Establishment. Selling salt. Miniature. Fol. 62v

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14 th century. Medieval handbook of heal
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man offering turnips. Miniature. Fol. 51 r

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man gathering turnips. Woman cleaning turnips in a river. Miniature. Fol. 52 r

Scarlet camellia, Chiri tsubaki, Thea japonica Nois var
Scarlet camellia, Chiri tsubaki, Thea japonica Nois. var.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Rhizome and fruit of the round China cardamom, Amomum globosum Lour.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Green leaves of round China cardamom, Amomum globosum Lour.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Adam and Eve and Dioscorides and Andromachus
Engraved title page of Pharmacopoeia Bruxellensis (1641). Depicts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and Dioscorides and Andromachus. There is a vignette depicting Bruxelles in a cartouch

Viscum album, mistletoe
Plate 11 from Botanicum Medicinale (1759) by Timothy Sheldrake. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Balsamodendron myrrah, myrrh gum tree
Plate 60 from Medicinal Plants by Robert Bentley & Henry Trimen, Vol 1 1880. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

The Thermal Baths at La Bourboule, France
The Thermal Baths at La Bourboule, a commune in the Puy-de-Dome department in Auvergne in central France. Date: circa 1910s

The Spa, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. A Mrs Farrer or Farrow discovered the natural mineral waters on this site in the 1620s. Date: circa 1920s

Communist China - in search of herbs
People climbing a steep slope in Communist China in search of herbs for medical use. circa 1960s

Dry lacquer sculpture of the Buddha. Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar
Dry lacquer sculpture of the Buddha. From Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar). Late 18th or early 19th C. AD. Seated in the lotus position. In Right hand is a myrobalan, medicinal fruit. British Museum. London

History of medicine. Machinery. cartoning pills. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Toxic or poisonous substances. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Pharmaceutical porcelain jars. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Pharmaceutical jars for storing Aspirina and Bicarbonat. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Pharmaceutical containers with inscriptions, and mortar. pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Pharmaceutical jars. Spanish Albarello. 17th century. Pharma
Pharmaceutical jars for storing Aspirina and Bicarbonat. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland

Althaea officinalis, marshmallow, marsh mallow, or common marshmallow. Colored engraving

Ageratum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Colored engraving

Aconitum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Colored engraving

Thora Valdensium. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Engraving

The Hot Springs, Suwayama Park, Kobe, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Carduus nutans, musk thistle
Watercolour and ink on paper, c. mid-19th century by Ellen Hawkins (fl.1821-1868).Held in the Library and Archives

White camellia, Fuyusaku noshiratama, Thea japonica Nois. Forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

White camellia, Yokoe haku, Thea japonica flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Crimson camellia, Daiwa sangai, Thea japonica Nois.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

White camellia, Yoshino, Thea japonica Nois. flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Crimson camellia, Susukage, Thea japonica Nois flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Crimson camellias, Bokuhan and Karako, Thea japonica Nois. Forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Scarlet camellia, Sekirousa, Thea japonica Nois. flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

White Japanese camellia, Shirotahe, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

White camellias, Shirataki and Shiroshishi, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants

White Japanese camellias, Yukiyama and Shirorenka, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

White Japanese camellias, Tamatebako, Thea japonica Nois. flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Pink and white camellias, Sagurenami and Nabeshima, Thea japonica Nois. Forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

White and pink camellias, Kakehoshi and Shokukou, Thea japonica Nois. Forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Blue-flowered grasslike fimbry or globe fringerush, Fimbristylis miliacea Vahl.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Large root cluster, leaves and stems of the Japanese wild carrot, Nothosmyrnium japonicum.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu

White and pink camellias, Sarukaze and Sekimori, Thea japonica Nois. Forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, grass and flowers of halfchaff sedge, Lipocarpha microcephala Kunth.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Roots, stems, leaves and tiny florets of Japanese snowparsley, Cnidium japonicum.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Camellia bud, Hiraki tsubaki, Thea japonica Nois.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Pink and white camellia, Tagasode, Thea japonica Nois. flore semipleno.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

Crimson camellia, Tamagure, Thea japonica Nois. flore pleno forma.. Color-printed woodblock engraving by Kan en Iwasaki from Honzo Zufu, an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884

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