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Members of the medical faculty at Edinburgh University, gathered around a table. Lithograph by Schenck and McFarlane after L. Ghémar, ca.1850.

John Hutton Balfour. Photograph.

John Hutton Balfour. Lithograph by L. Ghémar.

John Hutton Balfour. Photograph by H.N. King, Bath.

Account of a botanical excursion to the Mull of Cantyre, and the island of Islay, in August, 1844 / by J.H. Balfour.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de strychnia ... / eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Hutton Balfour.

First book of botany : being an introduction to the study of the anatomy and physiology of plants, suited for beginners / by John Hutton Balfour.

The plants of the Bible / [John Hutton Balfour].

Second book of botany : being an introduction to the study systematic and economic botany, suited for beginners / by John Hutton Balfour.

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Account of a botanical excursion to the Mull of Cantyre, and the island of Islay, in August, 1844 / by J.H. Balfour.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis de strychnia ... / eruditorum examini subjicit Joannes Hutton Balfour.

First book of botany : being an introduction to the study of the anatomy and physiology of plants, suited for beginners / by John Hutton Balfour.

The plants of the Bible / [John Hutton Balfour].

Second book of botany : being an introduction to the study systematic and economic botany, suited for beginners / by John Hutton Balfour.