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Robert John Thornton. Stipple engraving, 1807.

Robert John Thornton. Stipple engraving by B. Thomson, 1808, after G. H. Harlow.

Carolus Linnaeus. Mezzotint by R. Dunkarton, 1805, after M. Hoffmans.

Robert John Thornton, and the entrance to Guy's Hospital. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1799, after J. Russell, and W. Woolnoth after J. Elmes.

Robert John Thornton. Stipple engraving by Holl, 1813, after J. Russell.

Robert John Thornton. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1803, after J. Russell.

Robert John Thornton. Stipple engraving by S. Freeman, 1809, after W. J. Newton.

Robert John Thornton. Mezzotint.

Dr. Thornton's medical, botanical, and political works. I. The philosophy of medicine: or Medical extracts, on the nature of health and disease, ... the fourth edition, ... II. Facts decisive in favour of the cow-pock: ... III. A new illustration of the sexual system. ... IV. The politician's creed: or political extracts: ... These works may be had of the following booksellers: H.D. Symonds, Paternoster-row.

On the 1st of August 1803, will be published, ... number I. of Plants of Great Britain; arranged after the reformed sexual system of Sir Charles Linnaeus; ... And on the same day will be published, ... number I. of An introduction to the science of botany. By Robert John Thornton, M.D.

A family herbal: or, Familiar account of the medical properties of British and foreign plants, also their uses in dying, and the various arts, arranged according to the Linnaean system / [Robert John Thornton].

Aylmer Bourke Lambert: portrait and vignette of deer in a clearing. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1805, after J. Russell, and by J. Landseer, 1805, after P. Reinagle.

New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus : comprehending an elucidation of the several parts of the fructification ; a prize dissertation on the sexes of plants, a full explanation of the classes, and orders, of the sexual system ; and the Temple of Flora, or Garden of nature, being Picturesque, botanical, coloured plates, of select plants, illustrative of the same, with descriptions ; [motto: 4 lines] / by Robert John Thornton.

Medical extracts: on the nature of health, with practical observations: and the laws of the nervous and fibrous systems / By a friend to improvements [R.J. Thornton].

Aconite or monkshood (Aconitum napellus L.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwall, c.1804, after P. Henderson.

Campion (Lychnis sp.): entire male and female flowering plants with their respective floral segments. Engraving by J.Caldwell, c.1805, after P.Henderson.

Double and single paeony (Paeonia sp.): flowering stem of the double peony with a separate single paeony flower and floral segments. Engraving by Hopwood, c.1802, after P.Henderson.

Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.

Chemistry: a piece of steel wire burning in oxygen inside a glass jar. Mezzotint, 1809.

Vaccinæ vindicia; or, defence of vaccination : containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination, [&c] / By Robert John Thornton.

The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, London ... / translated from the Latin edition of 1817, and rendered more convenient ... by the addition of the properties, doses, & c. of each preparation ... By R.J. Thornton.

Vaccinae vindicia; or, defence of vaccination: containing a refutation of the cases, and reasonings on the same, in Dr. Rowley's and Dr. Moseley's late extraordinary pamphlets against vaccination. In two letters to Dr. Moseley. With the Report of the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society. And the debate in the House of Commons (July 2, 1806) on a motion by Lord Henry Petty, for enlightening the people of England on the subject of vaccination ... / [Robert John Thornton].

The philosophy of medicine : being medical extracts on the nature and preservation of health, and on the nature and removal of disease.

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Robert John Thornton

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The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, London ... / translated from the Latin edition of 1817, and rendered more convenient ... by the addition of the properties, doses, & c. of each preparation ... By R.J. Thornton.

The philosophy of medicine : being medical extracts on the nature and preservation of health, and on the nature and removal of disease.

Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.

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Robert John Thornton

Images from the collections

Images by Robert John Thornton

Images featuring Robert John Thornton

Works from the collections

The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians, London ... / translated from the Latin edition of 1817, and rendered more convenient ... by the addition of the properties, doses, & c. of each preparation ... By R.J. Thornton.

The philosophy of medicine : being medical extracts on the nature and preservation of health, and on the nature and removal of disease.

Bee Larkspur (Delphinium sp. var.): flowering stem with separate labelled floral segments. Engraving by J. Caldwall, c.1805, after P. Henderson.

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