M0005915: Papaver somniferum (opium poppy), from Bentley and Trimen: Medicinal plants (1880)

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Medicinal Plants: papaver somniferum.

Illustration by David Blair from Bentley, Robert and Trimen, Henry: Medicinal plants : being descriptions with original figures of the principal plants employed in medicine and an account of the characters, properties and uses of their parts and products of medicinal value, London: J. & A. Churchill, 1880. Related images: M0002672, M0005887, M0005888, M0005889, M0005890, M0005891, M0005892, M0005893, M0005894, M0005895, M0005896, M0005897, M0005898, M0005899, M0005900, M0005901, M0005902, M0005903, M0005904, M0005905, M0005914, M0005916, M0005917, M0005918, M0005919, M0005920, M0005921, M0005922, L0019166, L0019167.

17 November 1938

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.