EditorialAntimonium, Elitropia, Medicines for eyes, medically used stone, Fig. 194, Fol. CVIr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, V?gel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und vo...
EditorialQuicksilver, Cinnabar, Medicines Mercury, Fig. 199, Fol. CVIIIr, Apiarius, Mathias (imp.), 1536, [Hortus sanitatis oder Garth der Gesundtheyt: von den vier Geschlechten als Thier, V?gel, Vischen und edlem Gesteyn]. [Gedruckt und volendet zu Strassburg]...
EditorialInterior of a pharmacy where different figures prepare medicines Title page for: J. Le Mort, Pharmacia. Improved by reasons and experiences, 1696, pharmacy, pharmaceutics, Jan Luyken, Amsterdam, paper, etching, h 145 mm ? w 88 mm.
EditorialCopper scale, round, spherical with three holes in the edge with strings, spherical with three holes in the edge with strings. The scale probably served for the weighing of medicines. According to De Veer, a barber or surgeon went along with the tour, ...
EditorialCopper scale, round and flat with a raised edge in which three holes are arranged, round and flat with a raised edge in which three holes are arranged. The scale probably served for the weighing of medicines. According to De Veer, a barber or surgeon w...
EditorialCopper scale, round and flat with raised edge in which three holes are arranged, round and flat with raised edge in which three holes are fitted. Probably the scale has been used for weighing medicines. According to De Veer, a barber or surgeon went al...
EditorialInro - Japanese pocket case for holding small objects. Because traditional Japanese garb lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi or sash. Consisting of a stack of tiny, nested, boxes, inro were most commonly used to carr...
EditorialDetail of the DRAWERS TO CLASSIFY THE HERBS AND MEDICINES in the pharmacy of the Hospital of Tavera. 16th century. Toledo. Castilla la Mancha. Spain.
EditorialPreparation of medicines. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din supervises the preparation of medicines. Opaque watercolour. Sultanate style. Image taken from The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manus...
EditorialA recipe to make the hair of the beard to grow; a recipe to make marmalade from the quince fruit. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conceites in Cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Wh...
EditorialA tree. Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Medical Botany, together with a description of medicines derived from animals. 14th century. Image taken from Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Me...
EditorialAristocrat's Lard. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Dawson discusses a number of methods for 'the keeping of lard', each of which is said to have originated in the kitchen of an aristocrat. Image taken f...
EditorialA tree. Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Medical Botany, together with a description of medicines derived from animals. 14th century. Image taken from Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Me...
EditorialA tree. Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Medical Botany, together with a description of medicines derived from animals. 14th century. Image taken from Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Me...
EditorialA Gazaland witchdoctor. The man is clad in a cotton shirt; his medicines are placed in the various buck-horns which are strung into a necklace. He has a hat made of the fur of a wild animal, and the gall0bladder of a goat is fastened into the cap. The...
EditorialCapon and chicken. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Instructions for stewing capon and chicken. Image taken from [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conc...
EditorialCustard and Apple Tart. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found. [Edward White: London, 1596]. Here the author explains how to make custard during Lent, and how to make a tart of apples and orange peel. Image taken from [The good huswifes Ie...
EditorialPreparation of medicines. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din supervises the preparation of medicines. Preparation of medicinal food. Ghiyath Shahi standing in a doorway pointing towards his cook who i...
EditorialMedicines used to cure the Plague. Several Choice Histories of the Medecines Manner and Method used in the cure of the plague. [A translation of pt. 4 of the Tractatus de peste.] Several Choice Histories of the Medecines Manner and Method used in the c...
EditorialPortrait of a Zande binza or witchdoctor standing beside a hut, wearing rattles, skins, and medicines. . Die oberen Nil-La?nder. Volkstypen und Landschaften. Dargestellt in 160 Photographien. Nach der Natur aufgenommen von R. Buchta. Mit einer Einleit...
EditorialA tree. 14th century. Image taken from Serapione Herbario Volgare: an Italian version of the Treatise on Medical Botany, together with a description of medicines derived from animals. Source: Egerton 2020, f.23v.
EditorialAn apothecary's shop, showing jars and boxes of medicines on the shelves, and a flat dish for mixing ingredients. Chirurgia. France (near Amiens); 1300-1310. Source: Sloane 1977, f.49v. Language: French.
EditorialThe widdowes treasure- various remedies. [The good huswifes Iewell. Wherein is to be found most excellend and rare Deuises for conceites in Cookery, found out by the practise of Thomas Dawson. Wherevnto is adioyned sundry approved receits for many soue...
EditorialGrave goods of a Roman doctor: two scalpels, three probes with bronze, a catheter, ivory medicine chest, slate palette for grinding ointment ingredients, bronze bowl for mixing medicines, metal scissors (bronze and iron), iron knife , bronze spoon with...
EditorialBronze specillum (probe), 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm), Bronzes, Such instruments have been found in sets of Roman surgical instruments and may have been used as probes. However, it is believed that they also were use...
EditorialGrave goods of a Roman doctor: two scalpels, three probes with bronze, a catheter, ivory medicine chest, slate palette for grinding ointment ingredients, bronze bowl for mixing medicines, metal scissors (bronze and iron), iron knife , bronze spoon with...
EditorialBronze specillum (probe), 1st?2nd century A.D., Roman, Bronze, Other: 4 5/8 in. (11.8 cm), Bronzes, Such instruments have been found in sets of Roman surgical instruments and may have been used as probes. However, it is believed that they also were use...
Editorial? ?????, Bottle in the shape of a double gourd, Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 19th century, China, Carnelian, H. 6 13/16 in. (17.3 cm); H. with stand 8 1/4 in. (21 cm); Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Hardstone, The double gourd holds considerable appeal among the ...
EditorialAlabaster mortar, Late Cypriot III, ca. 1200?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Gypsum alabaster, Overall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm); Diam. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Mortars such as this were more often made of steatite or andesite. They would have bee...
EditorialYoung woman flattering a sick old man seated next to a table of medicines in a bedroom. What are you saying? You look like an emperor. (Poor man hasn't got long.) Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Jean Gabriel Sche...
EditorialHISTORY OF THE PHARMACY (18th CENTURY). BOXES, made of wood, decorated with paints and used to classify herbs and medicines in pharmacies. Municipal Museum of Ll?via. District of La Cerdanya. Province of Girona. Catalonia.
EditorialDetail of the DRAWERS TO CLASSIFY THE HERBS AND MEDICINES in the pharmacy of the Hospital of Tavera. 16th century. Toledo. Castilla la Mancha. Spain.
EditorialNetsuke - togglelike piece of carved ivory used to attach personal belongings such as pipes, tobacco, money, seals, or medicines to the obi (sash) of a Japanese man's traditional dress. Netsuke were often beautifully decorated with elaborate carving, l...