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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.
Reference: 24101i
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Exposé de l'état actuel de nos connaissances et observations personelles sur la terminaison des nerfs dans les muscles lisses de la sangsue : précédés de la bibliographie des travaux parus sur l'innervation des muscles lisses en général / par J.F. Heymans.
Jean-François HeymansDate: 1889
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Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.
Lewis, DulcieDate: 2001
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Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.
Louis VitetDate: 1809
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London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
Date: 1897Reference: MS.7294/2
Part of: London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries
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Sea buckthorn plant (Hippophae rhamnoides) and nine types of leech (Hirudo species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.
Date: 30 March 1811Reference: 25546i
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Meligariis, Masiolo de
Meligariis, Masiolo deDate: c. 1500Reference: MS.490
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Date: c.1800-1823Reference: MS.1164
Part of: Bidault de Villiers, F. T. (1775-1824)
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Observaciones acerca de la sanguijuela que se usa en esta capital / par los profesores de farmacia Gumesindo Mendoza y Alfonso Herrera.
Mendoza, GumesindoDate: 1865
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The leech : the physician's assistant forever give a sucker an even break / David Sheppard.
Sheppard, DavidDate: 1998
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Murder, magic and medicine. Part 2, Blood suckers and flesh eaters.
Date: 2001
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A study in medical history : introduction of medicinal leeches into the West Indies in the nineteenth century / Roy T. Sawyer [and others].
Date: [1997-]
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The application of leeches in the 'Cyranides' (Cyranides IV (A) 5 Meschini) / David Bain.
David BainDate: 1996
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Anatomy and botany: top left, aorta; top right, chest artery; centre left, ligature of the subclavian artery; centre right, a leech; bottom left, musk deer; bottom right, rhubarb. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.
Date: [between 1834 and 1837]Reference: 577934i
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Specification of Nathaniel Johnston : breeding, rearing and carrying leeches.
Johnston, Nathaniel.Date: 1855
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Leeches, lampreys, and other cold-blooded blood-suckers / Gail LaBonte.
LaBonte, GailDate: 1991
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On a leech (Trocheta subviridis, Dutroch.) found in the viscera of a Moluccan deer (Cervus moluccensis, Müller) / by James Murie.
Murie, James.Date: [1865]
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Why we need to save the medicinal leech / Roy T. Sawyer.
Sawyer, Roy T.Date: [1950-?]
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A treatise on the utility of sangui-suction, or, : Leech bleeding, in the treatment of a great variety of diseases : including the opinions of eminent practitioners, ancient and modern : with instructions for the process of leeching, and an appendix, delineating the characteristic distinction of true leeches : with directions for their management and preservation / by Rees Price.
Price, Rees.Date: 1822
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Leeching antiques, or, 20th century leechmania / by Anne Mortimer Young.
Young, Anne MortimerDate: [1986?]
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Date: late 18th century - early 19th centuryReference: MS.8764
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A sanguine attachment : 2,000 years of leeches in medicine / by Roy T. Sawyer.
Sawyer, Roy T.Date: [1977-?]
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Filthy cities. Part 1, Medieval London.
Date: 2011
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Bidault de Villiers, F. T. (1775-1824)
Bidault de Villiers, F. T., 1775-1824.Date: c.1800-1823Reference: MSS.1164-1165
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A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.
Q3047679Reference: 16364i

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A fierce battle between the supporters of John Brown (Bruno), in favour of treatment with stimulants, and those of F.J.V. Broussais, in favour of bloodletting. Pen drawing.

Exposé de l'état actuel de nos connaissances et observations personelles sur la terminaison des nerfs dans les muscles lisses de la sangsue : précédés de la bibliographie des travaux parus sur l'innervation des muscles lisses en général / par J.F. Heymans.

Curious cures of old Yorkshire : a collection of remedies, health superstitions and medical memories / Dulcie Lewis.

Traité de la sangsue médicinale / par Louis Vitet ... publié par P.J. Vitet son fils.

London: Miscellany, 19th and 20th centuries

Sea buckthorn plant (Hippophae rhamnoides) and nine types of leech (Hirudo species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1811.

Meligariis, Masiolo de

Notes and extracts on books

Observaciones acerca de la sanguijuela que se usa en esta capital / par los profesores de farmacia Gumesindo Mendoza y Alfonso Herrera.

The leech : the physician's assistant forever give a sucker an even break / David Sheppard.

Murder, magic and medicine. Part 2, Blood suckers and flesh eaters.

A study in medical history : introduction of medicinal leeches into the West Indies in the nineteenth century / Roy T. Sawyer [and others].

The application of leeches in the 'Cyranides' (Cyranides IV (A) 5 Meschini) / David Bain.

Anatomy and botany: top left, aorta; top right, chest artery; centre left, ligature of the subclavian artery; centre right, a leech; bottom left, musk deer; bottom right, rhubarb. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Specification of Nathaniel Johnston : breeding, rearing and carrying leeches.

Leeches, lampreys, and other cold-blooded blood-suckers / Gail LaBonte.

On a leech (Trocheta subviridis, Dutroch.) found in the viscera of a Moluccan deer (Cervus moluccensis, Müller) / by James Murie.

Why we need to save the medicinal leech / Roy T. Sawyer.

Leeching antiques, or, 20th century leechmania / by Anne Mortimer Young.

[-] & Receipts

A sanguine attachment : 2,000 years of leeches in medicine / by Roy T. Sawyer.

Filthy cities. Part 1, Medieval London.

Bidault de Villiers, F. T. (1775-1824)

A group of fashionable physicians gathered around a sick patient listen to one of their number proclaiming the virtue of leeches. Coloured lithograph after E.J. Pigal.