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.

Baldwin's Herbal Blood Pills: advertisement. Lithograph, 19--.

A monkey dressed in preparation against the cholera epidemic. Etching, c. 1832.

A man with his two children consulting a herb doctor and negotiating a prescription. Wood engraving.

A priest pouring Elisir del Prete into a cup; advertising the tonic Elisir del Prete. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.

A centaur advertising "Centaure" tonic wine made of Alpine plants. Colour lithograph.

The crusaders attack Jerusalem: Godfrey is wounded; an angel brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Etching by Antonio Tempesta, 16--.

Hanuman, the monkey god, holds a mace in his right hand and a Himalayan mountain, with the  herb sanjeevani , with his left. Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

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

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 76.3 x 51 cm

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 76.3 x 50.7 cm

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.

Herbarium / Caz Hildebrand.

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Herbs - Therapeutic use

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

Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.

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".

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.

Herbarium / Caz Hildebrand.

Herbs - Therapeutic use

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

Baldwin's Herbal Tonic Mixture : Nature's general restorer of the system and purifier of the blood.

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".

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.

Herbarium / Caz Hildebrand.

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