Poison Collection (page 5)

European white egg mushroom, Amanita ovoidea, Agaricus ovoideus, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Grisette, Amanita vaginata, Agaricus vaginatus, edible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Caesars mushroom, Amanita caesarea, Agaricus caesareus, comestible.. Chromolithograph by C. Krause from Fritz Leubas Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms, Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1890

Hemlock flower fairy, Conium maculatum.. Handcolored steel engraving by C. Geoffrois after an illustration by Jean Ignace Isidore Grandville from Les Fleurs Animees, Flower Fairies, Paris

Wintersweet or Bushmans Poison, Acokanthera spectabilis, Toxicophlaea spectabilis.. Handcolored botanical drawn and lithographed by W.G. Smith from H.H. Dombrains Floral Magazine 1872. Worthington G

Henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Black hellebore, medicinal and poisonous plant native to Asia and Europe, Veratrum nigrum.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier

Common ivy with berries, Hedera helix.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Bittersweet nightshade and scurvygrass.. Bittersweet nightshade, Solanum dulcamara 1, and scurvygrass, Cochlearia officinalis 2

British and French soldiers in gas masks, WW1
Cover design showing a British (right) and a French soldier (left) in their gas masks, to protect them against poison gas on the Western Front. Date: 1915

WW1 - Ad for repirators - threat of gas attack by Zeppelins
WW1 - Advertisement for Freers Repirators from Cooper & Son of King Street, Gravesend, to counter the threat of attack by poison gas bombs, dropped from Zeppelins during an air raid. Date: circa 1915

Gunners working through German gas attack by Matania
A storm of poison gas shells breaking over a British battery of 18 pounders, showing the gunners working to serve their guns while wearing gas masks. Date: 1918

British raid on German lines through poison gas
A British bombing party makes a raid on German lines through clouds of poison gas. Both sides are wearing their own versions of gas masks - the British version looking somewhat more primitive

Soldiers on Western Front with gas masks, WW1
Soldiers on the Western Front wearing gas masks. 1916

French church bell used as gas warning alarm, 1917, WW1
The church bell of a destroyed village church in the Upper Marne, France, in use by the French for warning the neighbourhood, and the trenches, of impending poison gas attacks in 1917. Date: 1917

Gas-masked horse and horseman at Aldershot
Owing to the increased of poison-gas in World War One, soldiers were trained in the usage of gas-masks in centres, in England, before being allowed to go to the front

Protection against noxious vapour 1917
Britsih troops practice advancing through smoke and adjusting their masks. Date: 1917

Purifying river water for British troops, Western Front, WW1
Purifying river water for the consumption of British troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. Poisons are removed, the water is sterilised and is held in a canvas cistern

Purification of water, Western Front, France, WW1
The purification of water by British troops on the Western Front in France during World War One. Poisons were removed and the water was sterilised

Soldiers in gas masks, Western Front, WW1
Soldiers in gas masks on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Chemical warfare, Livens bomb exploding, WW1
Chemical warfare, showing white smoke from a Livens bomb exploding during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Poison gas attack, aerial photograph, WW1
Aerial photograph of a poison gas attack during the First World War. Date: 1917

British gas-attack
First photograph showing the British use of gas in battle on October 14th, 1915. After the Germans used poison gas at Ypres in April 1915, it became a common feature of World War I battles

A rather unpopular sporting character - late Victorian era - known a Poison Date: 1896

Synanceja verrucosa, poison stonefish
Ff. 17 Vol 2. Watercolour painting by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage to explore the southern continent 1768-1771

Gyrostemon ramulosus, sandhill corkbark
Plate 123 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)

Arsenic is a highly poisonous metallic element (As). This specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London

Euproctis chrysorrhoea, brown-tail moth caterpillar
These caterpillars of the brown-tail moth are noted for their poisonous hairs, which can cause a rash on contact with skin

Plants / Conium Maculatum
HEMLOCK, or POISON PARSLEY Date: early 20th century

Cleopatra bitten by the asp (a somewhat unconvincing, posed version). Date: early 20th century

Beorhtric of Wessex is poisoned
Beorhtric, King of Wessex, is accidentally poisoned by his wife Eadburh. 802

Malaysia - Men from the Sohail Tribe using blow pipes to hunt birds and small mammals with poison darts Date: 1928

American troops in action near Le Nefour, France, WW1
American troops in action, firing phosphorous bombs near Le Nefour, France, during the First World War. Date: 26 October 1918

German breaches of the hague convention
Injecting chilblains serum into the feet of the British. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans Date: 1916

HENBANE
Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger), is wild, poisonous plant, often used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1930s

Makusi Weapons
The war weapons of the Makusi tribe of the Rupununi River, British Guyana. The round gourd contains the curare poison. The dart is dipped in this and blown with the pipe. Date: 1930s

Kaiser Wilhelm II observing gas operations, WW1
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Emperor (left), with one of his army officers, observing the use of poison gas during the First World War. Date: 1915

The Householders Foes
Is life worth living? or The haunted householder A householders foes. Date: 1885

Splinters Poison
British World War Two information poster advising people to get first aid for splinters. Issued by the Ministry of Labour and National Service and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

Bulbocodium Vernum (Spring Meadow Saffron), a beautiful but poisonous plant of the Colchicaceae family. The flowers have long pink and white petals

Stanley in Africa: the vanguard attacked
The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition was much harassed by the frequent attacks of the forest dwarfs armed with poison arrows, which wounded several members of the expedition

Death of Philoedemon
Philopoemon, general of the Achaean League, is captured by the Messenians : knowing he would prefer death to dishonour, they offer him poison, which he drinks

Wearing respirators in a trench
Photograph of British soldiers wearing respirators while digging a trench to guard against fumes from bursting shells. The Germans first used poison gas at Ypres on 22nd April 1915

Philopoemen Poisoned
Philopoemen, Greek hero and patriot, who did all he could to prevent Greece from becoming another Roman province, accepts poison from a servant in prison in Messene

Strychnos Nux-Vomica
Strychnine, or Poison-Nut, or Vomic Nut the Source of Curare

Freemasons Poison
Poison prepared at Naples for Masons to use... alleges

Eleanor Sucks Wound / 1272
Eleanor sucks the poison from the wound of Edward I during the crusade

Shiva Drinks the Poison
The god SHIVA saves humanity by drinking the poison which springs from the churning of the ocean, showing that he is a protecting deity as well as a destructive one

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