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Concept

Rheum

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  • A man in Turkish dress weighing rhubarb for sale. Gouache.
  • P. Mattioli, I discorsi ...nelli sei libri
  • P. Mattioli, I discorsi ...nelli sei libri
  • A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • Anatomy and botany: top left, aorta; top right, chest artery; centre left, ligature of the subclavian artery; centre right, a leech; bottom left, musk deer; bottom right, rhubarb. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
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    The great importance and proper method of cultivating and curing rhubarb in Britain, for medicinal uses : with an appendix / By Sir William Fordyce.

    Fordyce, William, Sir, 1724-1792. | Date: 1792
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    Lettre escritte a Monsieur Penna ... / Par M. Bouillet ... au sujet de la rheubarbe.

    Bouillet, Jean, 1690-1777. | Date: 1727
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    A galled tree (Mimosa cinerea), a Jamaica pepper tree (Pimenta dioica) and a Turkey rhubarb plant (Rheum palmatum). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

    | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27952i
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    English culinary and medical recipe book, 18th century

    Sheldon family, of Weston, Warwickshire | Date: 18th century | Reference: MS.8468
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    Chinese or Turkish rhubarb (Rheum palmatum): flowering and fruiting stem with leaf. Coloured zincograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1842.

    Burnett, M. A., active 1850. | Date: [1839-42] | Reference: 23821i
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