Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709.

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1709
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23886i
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Royal College of Physicians, Warwick Lane, London: the entrance, with a flock of birds flying south, one bird flying north with the word "cuckoo" on a paper in its beak. Engraving, 1709. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Royal College of Physicians established a pharmacy in April 1698, provoking annoyance among apothecaries and quacks

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London

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1 print : engraving ; image 16.9 x 10.4 cm

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Cuckoo ; schola utilis. instaurat. Kal. Jan: 1709 ; Ingredere ut proficias ; omne tulit punctum qui miscuit utile dulci

References note

P. Rogers, T̀he publishing history of Garth's "Dispensary": some lost and pirated editions', Trans. Camb. Bib. Soc., 5, 1971.
Zachary Dorner, 'Who cares about care?', The Collation, 13 February 2024, https://www.folger.edu/blogs/collation/who-cares-about-care/

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Wellcome Collection 23886i

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