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Medical zoology and mineralogy. Or, Illustrations and descriptions of the animals and minerals employed in medicine, and of the preparations derived from them; including also an account of animal and mineral poisons, with figures coloured from nature / [John Stephenson].

John Stephenson · 1832 · London : J. Wilson, 1832. · 78 pictures

A London materia medica handbook by John Stephenson, published by J. Wilson in 1832, cataloguing the animals, minerals and poisons used by physicians and apothecaries. Hand-coloured plates show ore specimens, crystal clusters, botryoidal masses and shells scattered on bare paper, paired with small outline diagrams of crystal geometry, useful for mineral textures, earthy palettes and spare specimen layouts.

Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (public domain)