The Royal College of Surgeons of England is a professional membership organisation of 20,000 UK and international members, and registered charity, which exists to advance surgical standards and improve patient care. The College received its first Royal Charter in 1800 but traces its origins to the Company of Barber-Surgeons, established in 1540. In 1745, the Barber-Surgeons were split by an Act of Parliament into two bodies and the Company of Surgeons was established. The Hunterian Museum ,...
The RCPE is an independent standard-setting body and professional membership organisation. Our aim is to improve and maintain the quality of patient care. We help qualified doctors to pursue their careers in specialist (internal) medicine through medical examinations, education and training. We also provide resources and information to support and facilitate professional development for physicians throughout their careers. The Library was founded in 1682 when Sir Robert Sibbald, one of the...
Leeds University Library is one of the major academic research libraries of the UK, attracting students and scholars from around the world to its rich and extensive print, online and manuscript collections gathered during its 100 -year history. The Library has some of the UK's outstanding collections of rare books and manuscripts, and five of its premier Special Collections have been awarded "designated status" under the national scheme for recognising world class collections held in...
Chemist and Druggist, the leading trade journal for the pharmacy community in the UK, has been in continuous publication since 1859. It contains a wealth of information for studying the history of medicine and pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry. Also contained in its pages are many striking visual examples from over 150 years of developments in advertising, packaging and graphic design. The Chemist and Druggist has been made available by the Wellcome Library , one of the greatest...
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is the professional body for physicians, with 40,000 members and fellows across the globe. The RCP heritage library preserves the institution’s historical book collections. The RCP has had a library since its foundation in 1518, but most of the original book collections were destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666. Since then the library has grown, incorporating a wide range of subjects not restricted to medical works. This...
This collection contains items from the University of Glasgow Library. Glasgow University is a broad based, research intensive institution with a global reach, and has been teaching medicine since 1714. The University's Libra ry's medical collections cover all subject areas and are particularly strong in anatomy, surgery, clinical medicine, public health, sanitation and homeopathic medicine.
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world-leading centre for research and postgraduate education in public and global health, with 3,900 students and more than 1,000 staff worki ng in over 100 countries. The School is one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK, and was recently cited as the world's leading research-focused graduate school. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence...
At head of title: To members of parliament and others
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This collection contains items from the Foyle Special Collections Library, King's College London. The Foyle Special Collections Library holds over 180,000 printed books and journals, as well as maps, slides, sound recordings and manuscript material, spanning the humanities, sciences and social sciences and ranging in date from the 15th century to the present day. The history of medicine is a notable strength of these holdings, which include the historical library collections of St. Thomas's...
The University of Bristol Library serves the needs of one of the UK’s leading research-intensive universities. Its special collections reflect the broad scope of the institution’s research and teaching, ranging from important deposits of publishing archive, through leading geological collections to the library and archive of the National Liberal Club, a key source for public debate in the nineteenth-century. The present collection is drawn from the library of the Bristol Medical School...
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies Library
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1719
1719
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Mueller, Samuel
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5 unnumbered leaves, 896 pages, 60 unnumbered leaves : (8vo)
Owen Simmons is a pseudonym
Topics: Bread, Baked products
University of Leeds Library
8,642
8.6K
1907
1907
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Escoffier, A. (Auguste), 1846-1935; Gilbert, Philéas; Fetu, Emile; University of Leeds. Library
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The University of Leeds Library
Topic: Cooking, French
Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Edition limited to 300 numbered copies on French hand-made paper"
Topic: Sex
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals.
14,405
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1941
1941
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Scott, George Ryley, 1886-
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Copy no. 631 of a limited edition of 775 numbered and signed copies
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Topics: Phallicism, Religion and Sex
University of Glasgow Library
2,395
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1832
1832
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Kāzarūnī, Muhạmmad ibn Masʻūd, -1357; University of Glasgow. Library
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"A commentary on the Moojuz-ool kanoon, known by the name of ... the Sudeedee" -- added t.p
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Topics: Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Hạzm, 1210 or 11-1288, Medicine, Arab
Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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University of Leeds Library
1,434
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1907
1907
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Le Bon, Gustave, 1841-1931; University of Leeds. Library
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University of Glasgow Library
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1896
1896
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Barrett, Francis, F.R.C., Prof. of Chemistry; University of Glasgow. Library
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Unabridged reprint of Barrett's Magus, London, 1801
Topics: Magic, Occultism, Alchemy
Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journal.
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55
1832
1832
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Denis, Ferdinand, 1798-1890
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This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Topic: Fungi
6,807
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1909
1909
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Stratz, C. H. (Carl Heinrich), 1858-1924
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Includes bibliographic footnotes and indexes
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1926
1926
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Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947. n 79058622
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xii, 304 pages
Topic: Science
Includes index
Topics: Pharmacopoeias, Pharmacopoeias as Topic
Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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Wellcome Journals.
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University of Leeds Library
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1898
1898
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Pears (A. & F.) Limited; University of Leeds. Library
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The University of Leeds Library
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Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
897
897
1596
1596
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Monardes, Nicolás, approximately 1512-1588; Frampton, John, active 1577-1596
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3 unnumbered pages, 187 (i. e. 180) leaves : (4to)
Topic: Materia medica
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1890
1890
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Flamel, Nicolas, -1418. n 81009730; Orandus, Eirenaeus. n 81002128; Westcott, W. Wynn (William Wynn), 1848-1925. n 79089740
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New, 1890 preface signed W.W. Westcott
Topic: Alchemy
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
2,473
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1932
1932
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Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286
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2 volumes : 25 cm
Topics: World history, Manuscripts, Syriac -- Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Syriac
Wellcome Journals.
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3000 copies were privately printed by the anthropological branch of the Falstaff Press in 1933
Topics: Paraphilias, Sex, Homosexuality, Prostitution, Erotica, Nudity
Wellcome Journals.
Topic: Journals
3,527
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1948
1948
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Institoris, Heinrich, 1430-1505
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xxi, 277 pages, 1 unnumbered page : 23 cm
Topics: Criminal procedure, Demonology, Witchcraft, Criminal Law, Criminal law
2,091
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1905
1905
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Santini de Riols, Emmanuel Napoléon, 1847-1908. n 82127856
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173 pages ; 19 cm
Topic: Gems
2,185
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1900
1900
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Kindī, Abū ʻUmar Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf, 897-961; Guest, Rhuvon. n 89612679
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Added title page and introduction in English
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Wellcome Journals.
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University of Leeds Library
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1891
1891
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Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865; University of Leeds. Library
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The University of Leeds Library
The University of Leeds Library
Topic: Cooking, English
University of Leeds Library
1,559
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1907
1907
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Suzanne, Alfred; Senn, Charles Herman, 1862-1934; Buckmaster, J. C. (John Charles), 1820-; University of Leeds. Library
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Includes index
Topic: Cooking (Potatoes)
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1891
1891
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Papus, 1865-1916. n 50012137; Frank, Ad. no2008047655
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Includes index
Topic: Occultism
1,046
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1798
1798
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Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794. n 50039793; Munarriz, D. J. M
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Duveen & Klickstein 184
Topic: Chemistry
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1909
1909
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Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958. n 79023342
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Includes bibliographic footnotes
Topic: Indians, North American
Royal College of Physicians
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1907
1907
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Suśruta; Bhishagratna, Kunjalal, 1865-; Royal College of Physicians of London
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Royal College of Physicians, London
Topics: Ayurvedic medicine, Medicine
University of Leeds Library
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1909
1909
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Steel, Flora Annie Webster, 1847-1929; Gardiner, G. (Grace), -1919; University of Leeds. Library
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The University of Leeds Library
Topics: Cooking, Indic, Housekeeping
Wellcome Journals.
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Includes index
Topics: Herbals, Medicinal plants
5,049
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1783
1783
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Petrus, de Abano, approximately 1250-approximately 1315. Magical elements. n 85112114
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Royal College of Physicians
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1877
1877
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Lombard, H. C. (Henri Clermond), 1803-1895; Fox, Wilson, 1831-1887 (Associated name); Royal College of Physicians of London
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Four volumes in two books
Topics: Medical Climatology, Climate, Meteorology
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The book of household management [electronic resource] : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
1861
1861
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Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865
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Added illustrated t.-p. with title: Beeton's book of household management
Topics: Cooking, Housekeeping
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1834
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Lesson, R. P. (René Primevère), 1794-1849. n 87137608
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3,630
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1929
1929
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Grillot de Givry, 1870-1929
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450 pages, 2 leaves, color plates : 29 x 23 cm
Topic: Occultism
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