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Herbs - Therapeutic use

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  • Baldwin's Herbal Female Pills : removes obstructions arising from cold and other causes, recommended for all disorders and irregularities of the female constitution during "change of life".
  • Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.
  • The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.
  • A black man in shorts holds a weight beside two others in a gymn representing gay men with HIV. Advertisement for the Consorcio de Hombres Gay de Color. Colour lithograph.
  • A man absurdly well-prepared for the cholera epidemic of 1832; representing the overabundance of questionable remedies and protections against cholera. Etching, c. 1832.
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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

    Mosby's handbook of drug-herb and drug-supplement interactions / Richard Harkness, Steven Bratman.

    Harkness, Richard. | Date: [2003], ©2003
    • Books

    Herbs & nutrients for neurologic disorders : treatment strategies for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, multiple sclerosis, migraine, seizures / Sidney J. Kurn, M.D., and Sheryl Shook, PhD.

    Kurn, Sidney, 1943- | Date: 2016
    • Books

    Herbarium / Caz Hildebrand.

    Hildebrand, Caz | Date: 2016
    • Pictures

    The cardiovascular system of a man, glowing in the dark; advertising Arterosan. Colour lithograph,195- (?).

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 689500i
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