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Concept

Alternative medicine

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  • The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in, an illustration by Ingram Pinn; an advertisement for a meeting in Berlin about HIV and homeopathy by Dr Karin Bandelin and Dr Almut Gestrich on 26 October 1993 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1993.
  • A person discovering that they have been transformed into several kinds of vegetables the morning after taking J. Morison's vegetable pills. Coloured lithograph.
  • The first edition of Steward's healing art, corrected and improved by the original hand : to which he has added all his late improvements and new discoveries, both in physick and surgery, from the year  1812 to the year 1826 ... : to which he has added, A concise herbal ... / by William Steward.
  • A horse-drawn hearse pulls away from a doctor's; representing the dire state of the medical establishment according to James Morison, pill-vendor and self-styled 'Hygeian'. Lithograph, c. 1848.
  • Feverfew pollen
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Catalogue

    • Books

    Clinical governance for complementary and alternative medicine in primary care : final report to the Department of Health and King's Fund : October 2004.

    Wilkinson, Jane | Date: 2004
    • Books

    History of alternative medicine and its uses throughout the world / Abe Hall.

    | Date: [2011?]
    • Books

    What seems to be the problem? : a doctor's story about courage, compassion, and a new way to care / Dr Laura Marshall-Andrews.

    Marshall-Andrews, Laura | Date: 2022
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

    | Reference: 24101i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    The words 'AIDS' forming the centre of a maze with four figures on the outside holding maps in an attempt to find their way in, an illustration by Ingram Pinn; an advertisement for a meeting in Berlin about HIV and homeopathy by Dr Karin Bandelin and Dr Almut Gestrich on 26 October 1993 at the headquarters of Kursiv, the Centre for AIDS and advice for gay men. Photocopy, 1993.

    | Date: 1993 | Reference: 675366i
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