Folk medicine posters & prints

Lavender Anonymous

Poppy, camomile and larkspur Anonymous

Herb Paris, Common Foxglove and Large Yellow Foxglove Basil Besler

Dried Seahorses Anonymous

Dried Seahorses and Pipefish Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.159v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.145v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.159r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Elecampane Elizabeth Blackwell

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.135r Illustration from 'The Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.166v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.161r Physalis Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.141r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.139v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.155v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Eve-of-the-wedding Party in a Bath, 1885 Firs Sergeevich Zhuravlev

Doctor Bokanky, the street herbalist English School

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.161v Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Primitive Medicine Robert Thom

In the Hammam, 1854 Amedeo Preziosi

Baths of the Maryino Village, 1791 Francesco Camporesi

A noble lady of Constantinople wearing Hammam shoes Jean-Baptiste Vanmour

Indians. Iroquois and Chippewa doctors. USA. Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.120v Illustration from 'The Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Turkish Bath (Hammam), 1785 Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier

A Witch, 1879 Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.119r Garlic and other plants Robinet Testard

Depiction of Incans Cultivating Medicinal Herbs Anonymous

Russian Bath (Lubok), 18th century Russian Master

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.122r Euphorbia Lathyris, Beechwort, Mint and Fig Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.142r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.164r Illustration from the 'Book of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard

Indian Medicine Bag, Mystery Whistle, Rattles, and Drum Anonymous

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.133v Honeysuckle, Sage and Rose Robinet Testard

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.137r Illustration from 'ThedBook of Simple Medicines' by Mattheaus Platearius c.1470 Robinet Testard