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Antidotes

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  • A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.
  • People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.
  • Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.
  • A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.
  • A monkey, dressed in human clothing and holding up a medicinal remedy: representing quacks or itinerant medicine vendors. Lithograph by W. Nichol after J. Watteau.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures
    • Online

    People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

    Franklin, John, active 1800-1861. | Reference: 6924i
    • Archives and manuscripts

    Quatroux, Isaac

    Quatroux, Isaac | Date: 1662-1663 | Reference: MSS.4025, 4026
    • Books

    Chieh tu p'ien / [by] Wang Chi.

    Wang, Chi, 1791-1801. | Date: 1988
    • Books

    Histoire naturelle des animaux, des plantes, & des mineraux qui entrent dans la composition de la theriaque d'Andromachus. : Dispensee et achevee publiquement à Paris, / par Moyse Charas, ... Avec les reformations & les observations de l'auteur.

    Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698. | Date: M. DC. LXVIII. [1668]
    • Books

    What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

    Murrell, William, 1853-1912. | Date: 1921
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