Substance that can counteract a form of poisoning

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.

1 print : etching, with aquatint ; image 9.7 x 14.1 cm

Material: vellum; 36 ll. (last bl.). folio.; leaf dimensions: width 25 cm, length 35 cm

MS.104

Material: paper; 4 ll. (last 2 bl.).+265 ll. 8vo.; leaf dimensions: width 10 cm, length 14.5 cm

MS.113

Material: vellum; 140 ll. 8vo.; leaf dimensions: width 18cm, length 12.5cm

MS.86

1 volume<br/><pages>The binding of this manuscript is very tight and the volume cannot be opened more than 90 degrees.<pages>10 leaves + 283 pages, [282] pages 8vo. 23 x 14 1/ ; 2 cm </pages><pages>On vellum, with 6 paper fly-leaves [16 century] of which four are blank. Modern vellum binding. </pages><pages>Some leaves appear to be missing between pages 86 and pages 87, between pages 90 and pages 91, and between pages 247 and pages 248. The pagination omits pages 201, jumping from pages 200 to pages 202.</pages><pages>The margins of the first fly-leaves have been repaired, and the figure on pages 65 is slightly rubbed. </pages><pages>pages 254-269 are on vellum of smaller format (18 1/2 x 12 cm), and this section and from pages 270 to the end appear to have been inserted, probably later. </pages><pages>There is an early 17th century foliation of 8 (pages 210) to 33 (pages 272). A new pagination has been added perhaps by a later 17th century owner, in which pages 201 has been dropped. </pages><pages>pages 63/64 is wrongly bound and should follow pages 72, and pages 73/74 should follow page 62.</pages>

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

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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.

MS.104

MS.113

MS.86

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

Antidotes

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

MS.104

MS.113

MS.86

Book of learned medical treatises with some additional practical texts (Miscellanea Medica XVIII).

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