Medicine Collection (page 6)

A blood donor at a Civil Defence First-Aid Station operated by the Army. Blood Tranfusion became a widespread practise from the late 1930s onwards Date: circa 1939

Historical views of Germany. Germans hunting wild boar on horseback with hounds 58, rafts of timber floating on the Rhine river 59, and the Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen 60

Adventures of the Lewis and Clarke Expedition
Captain Meriwether Lewis and William Clarke reaching the Pacific Ocean 46, Indian woman protecting her child from fire under a buffalo hide 47, and Clarke escaping from a river deluge 48

Balboa and Pizarro exploring Central and South America
Vasco Nunez de Balboa reaching the Pacific 19, Francisco Pizarro separating his men by a line in the sand on the Isle of Gallo 20, and Peruvians afraid of a lunar eclipse 21

Hotel guest beset by salespeople in the parlour of the Hotel des Quatre Nations, Paris, 18th century. The room is full of furriers, lace sellers, hatters, mercers, hairdressers, tailors

Visiting gentlemen refused entry to a house by a servant. The Inflexible Porter. Handcoloured copperplate engraving designed by Henry Bunbury

Temple dedicated to Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, in Split, Croatia. Tempio gia sacro a Esculapio. Asclepeion. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by L

Diocletians Palace, now part of the old town of Split, Croatia. Parte del Palazzo di Diocleziano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Nasi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Skeleton of death aiming a dart at a Billingsgate fishwoman with a basket on her head. Death and the Fishwoman. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joshua Gleadah after an illustration by

Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum
Cuckoo-pint or wild arum, flower and fruit, Arum maculatum, Linn. Grand pied de veau non macule. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Jean Victor Dupin junior from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Herbier

Papworth Colony - Model Cottages
Model cottages at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

Papworth Colony - Hospital Ward
A hospital ward at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

Papworth Colony - Open Air Chalets
Open air chalets at the Papworth Tuberculosis Colony, established in 1918 as the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale. Date: Date unknown

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate - Dormitory
Beds in a dormitory at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Dining Room
Tables laid for a meal in the dining room at the St Andrews Police Convalescent Home, Harrogate, Yorkshire. Date: Date unknown

Birmingham Eye Hospital Out-Patient Ticket
A ticket which subscribers to the Birmingham and Midland Eye Hospital could give to a prospective out-patient who would then receive free treatment. Date: 1892

London School of Medicine for Women, Hunter Street - The Training of a Lady Doctor. 1898

Robert John Thornton, author of New Family Herbal
Robert John Thornton (1768-1837), English physician and botanical writer, author of New Family Herbal: Or Popular Account of the Natures and Properties of the Various Plants Used in Medicine

A centrifuge at Farnborough 1955
A centrifuge at Farnborough. Page from The Sphere, 28th May 1955, reporting on Britains first centrifuge capable of testing human subjects in the interests of safety of aircrew and equipment

Advert, W & R Hatrick & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert for W & R Hatrick & Co, Chemists and Druggists, Renfield Street, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, T & H Smith Limited, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Advert for T & H Smith Limited, Morphine and Codeine manufacturers, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Jollys Duchess Pills
Advert for Jollys Duchess Pills for Pale Faces, from British Druggists Ltd, Oxford Street, London. 1897

Coffee plant, Coffea arabica, with flowers, beans and seeds. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Edouard Winklers Getreue Abbildung aller in der Pharmacopoea (True Pictures of Pharmacopeia)

True jalap, Ipomoea dumosa (Exogonium purga). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by G. Barclay after Miss Sarah Drake from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G

Adenophora stenanthina (Intermediate adenophora, Adenophora intermedia). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

Officinal rhubarb, Rheum australe. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The British Flower Garden, Ridgeway, London

Spanish needle, Bidens pilosa (Striped-flowered bidens, Bidens striata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by Edward Dalton Smith from Robert Sweets The

Thorow-wax, Bupleurum rotundifolium. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Wood sanicle, Sanicula europaea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Common sainfoin, Onobrychis viciifolia (Hedysarum onobrychis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Swines succory, Arnoseris minima (Hyoseris minima). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Wood stichwort, Stellaria nemorum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Herb Christopher or baneberries, Actaea spicata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Hoary cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Shrubby cinquefoil, Dasiphora fruticosa or Potentilla fruticosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1793

Flowery lichen, Usnea florida (Lichen floridus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1801

Sea aster, Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium (Sea starwort, Aster tripolium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London

Spanish catchfly, Silene otites (Spanish campion, Cucubalus otites). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Common comfrey, Symphytum officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a drawing by James Sowerby for James Smiths English Botany, 1800

Yellowhorn poppy, Glaucium flavum (Chelidonium glaucium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1791

Wood vetch, Vicia sylvatica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Ground pine, Ajuga chamaepitys. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1791

Common butterwort, Pinguicula vulgaris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Dutchmans pipe, Monotropa hypopitys (Yellow birds nest, Monotropa hypopithys). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Golden samphire, Limbarda crithmoides (Samphire-leaved fleabane, Inula crithmoides). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany

Yellow or Welsh poppy, Papaver cambricum. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

Mountain pink, Dianthus caesius. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by James Sowerby from James Smiths English Botany, London, 1792

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