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M0010476: Pharmacopoea Londinensis (1618): Pilulae Purgantes

Page from Royal College of Physicians: Pharmacopoea Londinensis…, London : E. Griffin for J. Marriott, 1618

Images from the photographic library

Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0010415-M0010522

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0010415: Cheselden: Osteographia, 1733: vertebrae sawed through

M0010416: Cheselden: Osteographia, 1733: skeleton kneeling in prayer, left profile.

M0010418: Muscled skeleton, with a rhinoceros, from Albinus: Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

M0010419: Muscled skeleton, side view, from Albinus: Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

M0010420: Dissections and muscles of the head, from Albinus: Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

M0010421: Muscles of the abdomen and diaphragm, from Albinus: Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, 1747

M0010422: Barber letting blood from the arm of a patient

M0010423: Surgeon cutting through a patient's abdomen to remove a stone

M0010424: Portrait of Robert Bridges (1844-1930)

M0010426: The lacteals, 1627

M0010427: Valves of the heart, from Lower: Tractatus de corde, 1671

M0010428: Heart and blood supply to the brain, from Lower: Tractatus de corde, 1671

M0010429: Diagram of the heart, from Lower: Tractatus de corde, 1671

M0010430: Valves in veins, 1585

M0010431: Boyle's second air-pump

M0010432: Statue of John Hunter (1728-1793)

M0010433: Water carriers in Exeter

M0010434: Street used as a piggery with no drainage

M0010435: Fumigating streets with tar in Exeter.

M0010437: Plague scenes, 1641

M0010438: Chart of distribution of the Great Plague, 1665

M0010439: Plague scene from "Londons Lord Have Mercy On Us"

M0010440: Portrait of William Monpesson (1639-1709), rector of Eyam during the plague

M0010441: "Momepssons Well", Eyam, Derbyshire

M0010442: Pancreas and duodenum of a rabbit during digestion of fat

M0010443: Alterpiece from Este Cathedral: Saint Tecla liberating Este from plague

M0010444: Monseigneur de Belsunce during the Plague of Marseille, 1720, by Francois Pascal Simon Gerard

M0010446: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: votive offerings in bronze and terra cotta from 3rd centruy B.C. to 2nd century A.D.

M0010447: Ivory surgical instruments case with four removable panels.

M0010448: Votive offering in marble: skeleton chest.

M0010449: Votive relief showing a man holding a huge leg marked by varicose veins

M0010450: Pancreas, from Graaf: Opera Omnia, 1705

M0010451: Apparatus used in Regnier de Graaf's pancreas experiments, from Graaf: Opera Omnia, 1705

M0010452: Two illustrations of experiments with the pancreas of a dog, from Graaf: Opera Omnia, 1705

M0010453: Votive offerings: two marble uteri

M0010454: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: general view

M0010455: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: surgery in the 17th and 18th centuries

M0010456: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: history of surgical anaesthesia

M0010457: Reduction of a dislocation of the jaw

M0010458: John Hunter's body taken away from Saint George's Hospital

M0010459: Portrait of John Latham (1740-1837)

M0010460: Portrait of William Falconer (1744-1824)

M0010461: Bronze bust of John Hunter (1728-1793)

M0010462: Portrait of Alessandro Volta (1745-1827)

M0010463: Dr. Oliver and Mr. Pierce, physician and surgeon, examining patients

M0010464: Portrait of Basil Valentine [Basilius Valentinus] (fl. 15th century)

M0010465: Signature of John Hunter (1728-1793)

M0010466: "Metallic Tractors", James Gillray, 1801

M0010467: Boerhaave: Aphorisms, 1735: title page

M0010468: Cotugno: De Ischiade Nervosa Commentarius, 1764: title page

M0010469: Method of extracting the juice from the poppy

M0010470: Simultaneous recording of a heart beat and pulse

M0010471: Arnold's enema pump with oesophagus tube

M0010473: Joseph Lister's experiments on putrefaction

M0010474: Helmholtz's ophthalmoscope

M0010477: Physician examining urine, 14th century

M0010479: "Battle between the Homeopaths and the Allopaths", by G. Nehrlich

M0010480: Santorio: Medicina statica (1676): title page

M0010481: Santorio: Medicina statica (1737): title page

M0010482: Ovariotomy clamps designed by Lawson Tait

M0010484: Portrait of Lawson Tait (1845-1899), when a medical student aged 20

M0010485: Location of Lawson Tait's general practice in Birmingham, 1870

M0010486: Lawson Tait's wife shortly before their marriage in 1871

M0010487: Woman's Hospital. Sparkhill, Birmingham, from 1878-1905

M0010488: Lawson Tait, at the Women's Hospital, Birmingham

M0010489: Lawson Tait with staff at his nursing home, 1892

M0010490: Portrait of Lawson Tait (1845-1899) in 1879, his annus mirabilis

M0010491: Portrait of Robert Lawson Tait (1845-1899)

M0010492: Lawson Tait's home at King's Langley, England

M0010493: Portrait of Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893)

M0010494: Portrait of Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)

M0010495: Portrait of Duchenne de Boulogne (1806-1875)

M0010496: Portrait of Wilhelm Erb (1840-1921)

M0010497: Portrait of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915)

M0010498: Bust of Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727)

M0010499: Portrait of Archimedes (c.287-c.212 B.C.)

M0010500: Portrait of Sir Edward Albert Sharpey-Shafer (1850-1935)

M0010501: Portrait of Sydney Ringer (1835-1910)

M0010502: Silver pap boat, hallmark 1828

M0010503: Silver pap boat, hallmark 1829

M0010504: Silver pap boat, hallmark 1828

M0010505: Bronze medal showing Girolamo Fracastoro [Hieronymus Fracastorius] (c.1476-1553) / M0010505EB: Reverse side of a bronze medal showing Girolamo Fracastoro [Hieronymus Fracastorius] (c.1476-1553)

M0010506: Silver medal showing Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772) / M0010506EB: Reverse side of a silver medal showing Gerard van Swieten (1700-1772)

M0010507: Bronze medal showing Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914) / M0010507EB: Reverse side of a bronze medal showing Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914)

M0010508: Bronze medal showing Guido Baccelli (1830-1916) / M0010508EB: Reverse side of a bronze medal showing Guido Baccelli (1830-1916)

M0010509: Bronze medal showing Henri Albert Hartmann (1860-1952)

M0010510: Reverse side of a bronze medal showing Pierre Paul Emile Roux (1853-1933) / M0010510EB: Bronze medal showing Pierre Paul Emile Roux (1853-1933)

M0010511: Human skull: front view

M0010512: Human skull: inside view.

M0010513: Portrait of Francesco Torti (1658-1741)

M0010515: Stripped of bark of cinchona succirubra

M0010516: Illustration of a child in loose clothing

M0010517: Portrait of Clemens von Pirquet (1874-1929)

M0010518: Portrait of Charles Sedgwick Minot (1852-1914)

M0010519: Portrait of Ludwig Pfeiffer (1805-1877)

M0010520: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: display case

M0010521: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: display case

M0010522: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum exhibition, The History of Surgery: display case

M0010476: Pharmacopoea Londinensis (1618): Pilulae Purgantes

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