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Concept

Aconite

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  • Aconitum carmichaelii (Azure Monkshood)
  • An apothecary tells a drug addict to fill in his own prescription. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.
  • Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
  • Aconitum napellus (Monkshood); sedative
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Catalogue

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    On the detection of aconite by its physiological action : being notes of experiments made in connection with the trial of Dr. E.W. Pritchard / by Frederick Penny and James Adams.

    | Date: 1865
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    An inquiry into the physiological and medicinal properties of the Aconitum Napellus : to which are added observations on several other species of aconitum / by Alexander Fleming.

    Fleming, Alexander, 1824-1875. | Date: 1845
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    An inquiry into the physiological and medicinal properties of the aconitum napellus. To which are added observations on several other species of aconitum / by Alexander Fleming.

    | Date: 1845
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    An apothecary tells a drug addict to fill in his own prescription. Colour photomechanical reproduction of a lithograph, c. 1900.

    | Reference: 17204i
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    Anatomy and botany: top left, arteries in thorax and abdomen; top right, superior section of the brain; centre left, lateral distortion owing to chronic pleurisy; centre right, part of the lung; bottom, foxglove and aconite. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

    | Date: [between 1834 and 1837] | Reference: 577933i
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