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Ayer's Sarsaparilla gives health and sunny hours / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

Mandrake roots in human form; the mandrake plant; ginseng. Engraving.

Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.

M0007115: Manuscript illustration of a mandrake being uprooted by a dog

M0007114: Page from <i>Medicina Antiqua</i> depicting a mandrake being attacked

A critical dissertation on the mandrake of the antients; : with some observations on the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman literature, botany, and medicine. In a letter to a Fellow of the College of Physicians.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

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M0007115: Manuscript illustration of a mandrake being uprooted by a dog

M0007114: Page from Medicina Antiqua depicting a mandrake being attacked

Ayer's Sarsaparilla gives health and sunny hours / Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.

A critical dissertation on the mandrake of the antients; : with some observations on the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman literature, botany, and medicine. In a letter to a Fellow of the College of Physicians.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.