Vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the Castor plant, Ricinus communis

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A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

Price list - terms cash : fine old lavender water : British eau de cologne ... / Stanley & Co.

Castor oil for cattle / Thomas Roper.

A sick child in bed has his castor oil medicine poured for him, France. Process print after J. Geoffroy, 1894.

Finest cold drawn castor oil : specially prepared for veterinary use.

A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane.

Specification of George Wakefield Fox : treating medicinal oils.

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A patient poking out his tongue and having his pulse taken by a physician. Watercolour by M. Anderson.

A dissertation on the Oleum Palmae Christi, sive Oleum Ricini; or, (as it is commonly called) castor oil; in which its history is illustrated; its properties and virtues explained; and its uses in bilious, calculous, and other disorders recommended / By Peter Canvane.

Castor oil for cattle / Thomas Roper.

A sick child in bed has his castor oil medicine poured for him, France. Process print after J. Geoffroy, 1894.

Specification of George Wakefield Fox : treating medicinal oils.