Plants or derivatives used to treat medical conditions in humans or animals

White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.

Marsh mallow plant (Althaea officinalis): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1906.

Opium lettuce (Lactuca virosa): entire flowering and fruiting plant. Coloured etching by C. Pierre, c. 1865, after P. Naudin.

Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna): flowering plants growing in woodland. Colour process print, c. 1924.

Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi): fruiting stem. Watercolour by B. Bird.

[Leaflet advertising Lord & Lady flower essences (Glastonbury), a form of vibrational healing].

Damask rose (Rosa damascena "Italica"): flowering stem. Colour halftone after Victor, c.1824, after P. J. Redouté.

Ortus sanitatis.

A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton].

[Leaflet advertising Modern Health's range of 11 plant based medicines].

[Leaflet advertising G.R. Lane of Gloucester's Olbas Oil, used to relieve flatulence, colds, respiratory problems and headaches].

volumes : illustrations (some colour), map ; 26 cm

The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Memorias del quinto Coloquio de Medicina Tradicional Mexicana : un saber de extensión / [comité organizador, Magda Luz Atrian Salazar and others].

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Plants, Medicinal

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The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Memorias del quinto Coloquio de Medicina Tradicional Mexicana : un saber de extensión / [comité organizador, Magda Luz Atrian Salazar and others].

Plants, Medicinal

Images from the collections

Images about Plants, Medicinal

Works from the collections

The useful plants of west tropical Africa / H. M. Burkill.

Pharmacographia : A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India / by Friedrich A. Flückiger and Daniel Hanbury.

O método bioquimico de Bourquelot e sua aplicação ao estudo de algumas plantas medicinais brasileiras / Oswaldo A. Costa.

Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.

Memorias del quinto Coloquio de Medicina Tradicional Mexicana : un saber de extensión / [comité organizador, Magda Luz Atrian Salazar and others].

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