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19 items

Publications

The Book of Health

1898

Intended as a health reference book for the family, topics include diseases, anatomy, hygiene, care of the sick, medicinal plants and administration of medicine. Select anatomical diagrams have been digitized along with…

Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
Subject Human anatomy--Study and teaching, Human skeleton, Poisonous animals, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Human anatomy, Phrenology, Medicine, Popular, Phrenology--Study and teaching, Family medicine, Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904, Human skeleton--Study and teaching

27 items

Publications

A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would have been imported and bought, for example the opium…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 6: Guarana and Orange

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustration printed in color. Item no. 29. is guarana, which is made from the seeds of the paullinia sorbilis ground, made into a paste then molded into a cylindrical mass and dried. Guarana is known for its high…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Bitter orange oil, Oranges, Guarana--Therapeutic use, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Guarana

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 12: Cinchona bark

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustrations printed in color of two varieties of cinchona bark. No. 109 is Cinchona Flavae cortex or yellow cinchona bark and No. 111 is Cinchonae Carthagenae cortex or Carthagena bark.

This manual identifies plants…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use

Advertisements, Publications

Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Advertisement for the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy with illustration of the school's building.

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Universities and colleges

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 11: Red and pale cinchona bark

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustrations printed in color. Illustration No. 108 is Cinchonae rubrae cortex or red cinchona bark. Illustration No. 110 is Cinchonae pallidae cortex or pale cinchona bark.

This manual identifies plants used for…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 8: Illustration of various leaves, bark, and seeds

Plate 8.

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

An Illustration printed in color of various leaves, a bark, and seed. No. 41 is Buchu Folia, No. 42 is Cuspariae vel Angusturae Cortex or Angustura bark, No. 64 is Physostigmatis Semen or calabar bean, No. 68 is Senna…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Angostura bark, Calabar bean, Senna alexandrina

Maps, Publications

Will's habitat map

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Foldout map of the geographical habitat of all the plants used in the British Pharmacopoeia. Includes list of plants indigenous to Great Britain.

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Printer Of Plates Buck & Wootton, London
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Opium masses

Plate 4.

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top illustration, no. 18, is of Egyptian Opium which was…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium, Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 9: Various medicinal plants based from trees of the sub-order Caesalpinieae

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustrations of medicinal plants printed in color. No. 70 is a cassia pulp, No. 73 is a catechu nigrum or cutch made from the heart wood of the acacia. No. 81 is Amygdala amara or bitter almond, No. 83 is Amygdala…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Almond, Cassia (Genus), Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Opium masses

Plate 3.

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top, no. 16, is of a Smyrna Opium which is wrapped in…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium--Therapeutic use, Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 5: Medicinal roots from the family Polygalaceae

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustration printed in color of roots from plants in the Polygalaceae family. The top root, no. 23, is a Senegae Radix or Senega root. The lower two illustrations, no. 24, are of the Krameriae Radix or Rhatany root.
…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Roots (Botany), Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Polygalaceae

Publications, Lithographs, Illustrations

Illustration of Pareira root

Pareirae radix

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

A color lithograph of Pareirae radix, Pareira root.

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be acquired through commerce in Britain and are illustrated as they would…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable

Publications, Lithographs, Illustrations

Illustration of Aconite leaves and root, American may apple, star-anise root and calumba root

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Color lithograph of five botanical specimens: No. 1. Aconiti Folia. Aconite leaves (leaves and flowering tops of Aconitum Napellus or Monkshood; No. 2. Aconiti Radix. Aconite root; No. 3. Podophylli Rhizoma. Podophyllum…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botanical illustration, Materia medica, Vegetable

Prints, Publications, Illustrations

Plate 7: Limonis Cortex and Belae Fructus

Plate 7.

Part of A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

1886

Illustrations printed in color of a lemon whole and a cross-section and a bael fruit whole as well as a cross-section.

This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be…

Author Wills, George S. V.
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
Subject Lemon, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Bael (Tree)--Therapeutic use, Bael (Tree), Materia medica, Vegetable

192 items

Publications

Plant-atlas to "My water-cure," : containing sixty nine pictorial representations of all the medicinal-plants mentioned as well a some others in general use among the people

1893

The Plant-Atlas is a book about the herbal plants that can be used for health remedies. The publication of this book followed that of Sabastian Kneipp's My Water Cure, and is meant as a supplement to help the reader…

Author Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897
Publisher Koesel, J.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botany, Hydrotherapy

Publications

Fragaria vesca L.

Wood-strawberry

Part of Plant-atlas to "My water-cure," : containing sixty nine pictorial representations of all the medicinal-plants mentioned as well a some others in general use among the people

1893

The Plant-Atlas is a book about the herbal plants that can be used for health remedies. The publication of this book followed that of Sebastian Kneipp's My Water Cure, and is meant as a supplement to help the reader…

Author Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897
Publisher Koesel, J.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botany, Hydrotherapy

Photomechanical prints, Publications

Viscum album L. and Agave americana L.

Mistletoe and Agave

Part of Plant-atlas to "My water-cure," : containing sixty nine pictorial representations of all the medicinal-plants mentioned as well a some others in general use among the people

1893

Author Kneipp, Sebastian, 1821-1897
Publisher Koesel, J.
Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Botany, Hydrotherapy

Photomechanical prints, Publications

Belladonna Culture - Biological Farm

Part of Hand book of pharmacy and therapeutics

Circa 1919

A color print from photographs of growing belladonna from greenhouse to field. Eli Lilly and Company's biological laboratories building can be seen in the background. Eli Lilly and Company ran the experimental farm to…