Picture of Euphorbia corollata, frequently called flowering spurge which is a type of milkweed. Fairly well-known medicinal plant in the early nineteenth century. Used as an emetic and a cathartic. Engraved by Annin & Smith. "PL. LIII" appears in...
Picture of a bust of John Hunter, brother of the anatomist and obstetrician, William Hunter. John Hunter studied among other things the function of the air sac in birds, the olfactory nerves, sex behavior in many different animals, and pioneered in the...
Portrait of William Harvey, M.D., seated and wearing a skull cap. Engraved by E. Scriven. From the original picture by C. Jansen in the possession of the Royal Society.