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

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.

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.

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.

1 photomechanical reproduction : lithograph, printed in colour ; image 13.5 x 20.4 cm

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 29.5 x 20.5 cm

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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.

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.

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.

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.