Substance that can counteract a form of poisoning

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A man consuming many antidotes to the plague during the Great Plague of London. Etching by J. Franklin, 1841.

People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

Six different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.

A medicine vendor selling antidotes to snake poison. Etching by G.M. Mitelli.

A monkey, dressed in human clothing and holding up a medicinal remedy: representing quacks or itinerant medicine vendors. Lithograph by W. Nichol after J. Watteau.

Seventeen different pieces of sealed, precious medicinal earth known as 'terra sigillata'. Pen drawing.

An apothecary publically preparing the drug theriac, under the supervision of a physician. Woodcut.

Quatroux, Isaac

Chieh tu p'ien / [by] Wang Chi.

Histoire naturelle des animaux, des plantes, & des mineraux qui entrent dans la composition de la theriaque d'Andromachus. : Dispensee et achevee publiquement à Paris, / par Moyse Charas, ...  Avec les reformations & les observations de l'auteur.

What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

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Antidotes

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People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

Quatroux, Isaac

Chieh tu p'ien / [by] Wang Chi.

Histoire naturelle des animaux, des plantes, & des mineraux qui entrent dans la composition de la theriaque d'Andromachus. : Dispensee et achevee publiquement à Paris, / par Moyse Charas, ... Avec les reformations & les observations de l'auteur.

What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

Antidotes

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People strolling and buying plague antidotes in old St Paul's Cathedral, London. Etching by J. Franklin.

Quatroux, Isaac

Chieh tu p'ien / [by] Wang Chi.

Histoire naturelle des animaux, des plantes, & des mineraux qui entrent dans la composition de la theriaque d'Andromachus. : Dispensee et achevee publiquement à Paris, / par Moyse Charas, ... Avec les reformations & les observations de l'auteur.

What to do in cases of poisoning / by William Murrell.

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