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Left to right: automatically dug sapric peat, manually dug sapric peat, and manually dug hemic peat, all from a high moor. Photo: author.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/picture1.pngPicture1Abraham Rademaker (1676/77-1735), Production of low moor sapric peat (‘slagturf’) near Amstelveen, about 30 kilometers from Leiden. Washed ink drawing. Reproduction courtesy of Noord-Hollands Archief, Provinciale Atlas - Prenten en Tekeningen, Inventarisnummer NL-HlmNHA_359_000279_Khttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/img_8279.jpgOur Boerhaave furnace with some glowing peat insideOur Boerhaave furnace with some glowing peat inside2020-04-20T08:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2020/03/31/a-short-history-of-respiratory-infection-epidemics-1/2020-04-06T12:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2020/04/06/a-short-history-of-respiratory-illness-epidemics-2/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/blankaart1684.jpgBlankaart1684Cures for colds and coughs, Steven Blankaart, Verhandelinge van de Opvoedinge En Ziekten Der Kinderen (Amsterdam: Hieronymus Swierts, 1684), p. 176.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/luyken_apotheker.jpgLuyken_apothekerDetail of Jan Luyken, The Apothecary (1694), ets. 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Courtesy of the British Museum. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/4534679852_583f86653e_m.jpghttps://www.flickr.com/photos/paperelle/4534679852/sizes/o/A contemporary origami kusudama. Courtesy of roserevolution.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ddd_010390362_mpeg21_p003_image-2.jpgArt supplies seller's advertisement for paper to make paper flowers. Rotterdamse Courant, 3 December 1816. Source: Delpherhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/8a1b2aa92ca727245e1542f0448e6983274eb763.jpghttp://www.geheugenvannederland.nl/?/nl/items/FSM01:1994-502A groom's clay pipe, decorated with paper flowers. First half of the eighteenth century. Courtesy of the Frisian Maritime Museum. 2015-11-01T17:08:10+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2015/09/20/mapping-histories-of-medicine/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/schermafdruk-2015-09-18-16-56-58.pngSchermafdruk 2015-09-18 16.56.58Network visualization of 17th C correspondents discussing anatomy via E-Pistolarium project.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/schermafdruk-2015-09-18-15-38-21.pngSchermafdruk 2015-09-18 15.38.21First experiment: historical data in Google Fusion Tables.2015-09-20T18:40:49+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2015/07/21/weapon-salve-tooth-hangers-and-other-sympathetic-cures/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/telephus2.jpgtelephus2A marble relief from Herculaneum. Achilles scrapes rust from his spear into the wound of Telephus. Source: http://www.monsalvat.no/grkmyths.htmhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/tooth-hanger.pngTooth hanger19th century, silver and tooth. Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum Ingolstadt, Inv.-Nr. 12/028. Photograph: M. Kowalski.2015-12-05T17:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2015/05/25/the-jews-stone-dissolving-kidney-stones/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/mercatie-lapis-judaicus.pngMercatiJew's stones and crinoid stems, depicted in Michaelis Mercati, Samminiatensis Metallotheca. Rome:Jo. Mariam Salvioni, 1717-1719.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/balanocidaris_marginata_180308.jpgBalanocidaris marginataA Balanocidaris marginata fossil. Source: Wikimedia Commonshttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/pharmacopeia.pngLapis judaicusLapis judaicus listed in Pharmacopoea Roterodamensis galeno-chymica, of Rotterdamsche galenische en chymische Apotheek, 1735.2015-05-25T12:14:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2015/04/30/a-taxidermy-excursion/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cathedral-crocodile.jpgcathedral-crocodileA stuffed crocodile in Sevilla cathedralhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_0109.jpgIMG_0109My First Squirrelhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/971634_203951019728706_1725629587_n.jpg971634_203951019728706_1725629587_nDr Pat Morris with Joanna Ebenstein, Walter Potter's Curious World of Taxidermy (Constable and Robinson, 2013)2015-04-30T19:58:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2015/03/31/publish-or-perish/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/boek-fate.jpghttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/boek.jpgBoek2015-04-01T04:03:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/11/26/strange-glass-vitrium-antimonii/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/vitrum-antimonii.jpgVitrum antimoniiSample of supposed 'Vitrum antimonii,' probably eighteenth century. Source: Pharmaziemuseum Brixen, Italy.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/antimony-symbol.jpgAntimony symbolhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/verre_antimoine.jpgSupposed antimonial glassSupposed antimonial glass Source: http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2F60gp.ovh.net%2F~alchymie%2Ficono%2Fphotos_pierre_feu%2Fverre_antimoine.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2F60gp.ovh.net%2F~alchymie%2Fenglish_version%2Fphotos_stages%2Fvoies_bvalentin%2Ffirestone.htm&h=300&w=448&tbnid=iCypizi0HV8FTM%3A&zoom=1&docid=PjR2wdANh9QeLM&ei=3uVcVOW7NsvOaI30gcgB&tbm=isch&client=firefox-a&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=588&page=1&start=0&ndsp=36&ved=0CCkQrQMwAw https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/220px-antimony-4.jpgPure antimony2014-11-26T10:58:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/03/30/sensitive-tissues-penis-preparations-then-and-now/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/fmposter.jpgfmposterFilm poster for 'The Final Member'https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/rcshcp-1386.jpgRCSHC:P 13862014-10-24T09:20:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/06/22/art-and-alchemy-in-dusseldorfs-museum-kunstpalast/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/catalogus.jpgExhibition cataloguehttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6527.jpgIMG_6527Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf2014-10-24T09:20:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/09/30/gout-kidney-stones-have-a-cup-of-tea/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/rp-p-1908-4729.jpgRP-P-1908-4729Ladies drinking tea, Pieter van den Berge, ca. 1694 - 1737. The verse at the bottom of the page satirizes the fashion of drinking tea. Courtesy of the Rijksmuseum. http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.collect.78565https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/treatise-on-tea1.jpgtreatise-on-tea1Title page to Cornelis Bontekoe's Tractate on Teahttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/opu001193701ill08.gif_opu001193701ill08Cornelis Bontekoe. Copperplate by Adriaen Haelweg. 2014-10-24T09:19:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/10/24/dont-try-this-at-home-simon-witgeests-new-theatre-of-arts/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/frontispice.jpgfrontispiceFrontispiece of the first edition of Witgeest's 'New Theatre of Arts', 1659. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/willem-goeree.gifWillem GoereeWillem Goeree, by D. van der Plaets/P. van Gunst, source: dbnl.org.2014-10-24T09:18:35+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/05/25/anatomy-month-the-start-of-a-tradition/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2d5c95a8-7f90-4e27-9250-c0418e8115bd_vrolik-0038.jpg2d5c95a8-7f90-4e27-9250-c0418e8115bd_vrolik.0038Skeletons affected by disease. Source: Museum Vrolik. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/groot_amazing_models_georgina_verbaan.jpgGroot_Amazing_models_Georgina_VerbaanPhoto: Koen Hauser. Hair and make-up: Louise van Huisstede. Model: Georgina Verbaan. Design: BrandendZant.2014-05-21T14:14:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2014/02/09/how-a-bird-of-paradise-finally-ended-up-in-the-prado/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/479px-carlos_iii_nic3b1o_.jpgCarlos III of Spain as a boy, painted by Jean Ranc, ca. 1724. Museo del Prado, Spain, Num. de catálogo: P02334. Carlos III of Spain as a boy, painted by Jean Ranc, ca. 1724. Museo del Prado, Spain, Num. de catálogo: P02334. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/e9f8f_dec13_prado_img.jpgSatanic invocation (Room 67). Photo: Pedro Albornoz/Museo Nacional del Prado.Satanic invocation (Room 67). Photo: Pedro Albornoz/Museo Nacional del Prado.2014-02-09T16:43:54+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/12/29/aurum-potabile-and-the-tears-of-brides-a-history-of-drinkable-gold/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/vanweesbruidstranenlikeur.jpgvan+wees+bruidstranen+likeurBruidstranenhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/gold-nanoparticles.jpggold nanoparticlesGold nanoparticles stick to cancer cells and make them shine. Source: http://phys.org/news4023.htmlhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/culpepper.pngCulpepperFrontispice of Nicolas Culpeper's 1565 Aurum Potabile2013-12-28T14:54:29+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/11/24/two-anatomy-exhibitions-models-and-lessons/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/naamloos.pngNaamloosClemente Susini and workshop, Italian, 1754–1805, Anatomical Venus, 1782 Photo by Saulo Bambi, Museo di Storia Naturale "La Specola" Florence, Italyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/michiel_jansz_van_mierevelt_-_anatomy_lesson_of_dr-_willem_van_der_meer.jpgMichiel_Jansz_van_Mierevelt_-_Anatomy_lesson_of_Dr._Willem_van_der_Meer2013-11-22T13:02:14+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/10/27/the-jamu-women-herbal-medicine-in-colonial-indonesia/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/foto-kloppenburg-versteegh-2.jpgSource: http://www.semarang.nl/jamu/articles.php?lng=nl&pg=82Source: http://www.semarang.nl/jamu/articles.php?lng=nl&pg=82https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3212.jpgCaricature wajang puppets at the National Wajang Museum, Jakarta, IndonesiaCaricature wajang puppets at the National Wajang Museum, Jakarta, Indonesiahttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3997.jpgAdvertisement for breast-firming herbs, probably 1940s.Advertisement for breast-firming herbs, probably 1940s.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/img_3994.jpgPortrait of Nyonya Meneer in the factory museum, Semarang, Indonesia. Portrait of Nyonya Meneer in the factory museum, Semarang, Indonesia. 2017-01-22T12:00:46+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/09/15/traces-of-dutch-colonialism-reflections-before-a-holiday/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/dissertationweber20121.jpgDissertationWeber20121Andreas Weber's dissertationhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/batavialaboratorium.pngbatavialaboratorium"The Castle and the Laboratory at Batavia" From: Batavia de hoofdstad van Neêrlands O. Indien, Amsterdam, 1782. Courtesy of the Nationaal Archief.2013-09-17T09:42:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/10/06/the-blogging-historian/2013-09-04T12:42:27+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/09/01/between-stories-and-history-the-mirror-of-contemporary-art/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/the_anatomy_lesson.jpgThe_Anatomy_LessonRembrandt, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp , 1632. Oil on canvas. Mauritshuis, The Hague. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/philipverheyen.jpgPhilipVerheyenPhilip Verheyen Dissecting His Amputated Leg. According to Wikipedia: "Anonymous. From the collection of Pieter Deheijde." https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/verheyen-book.jpgVerheyen bookVerheyens 1693 ‘Corporis Humani Anatomia'was reprinted 21 times and translated in several languages.2018-10-25T14:21:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/08/04/location-location-the-influence-of-the-local-climate-on-health/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/gezicht-op-groningen.jpgGezicht op GroningenView of the city of Groningen from the side of the Aa gate (the Aa is a river), 1750-1850. The subscript reads: "This is Groningen, jewel of the history journals because of its heroics. Famous for its diligence and rich growth, it is called the country's crown jewel." Courtesy of Leiden University Library.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/van-doeveren.jpgVan DoeverenProfessor Wouter van Doeveren, 1730-17832013-08-04T21:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/07/21/mercury-and-lead-in-bones-an-outing-to-bioarcheology/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/ft7t1nb59n_00009.jpgYellow feverYellow fever was a big problem in harbours in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Here 'Yellow Jack' is shown knocking on the city gates of New York City. NY suffered a yellow fever epidemic in 1793.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dydendeavouroleander-small.jpgNelson's DockyardNelson's Dockyard, Antigua, today.https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/caribbean.pngcaribbeanAntigua is a Caribbean island. The graveyard of the Royal Naval Hospital is near the historical site of Nelson's Dockyard, in the south-east of the island. 2013-07-21T16:00:23+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/07/14/wine-with-a-metallic-aftertaste-food-safety-in-the-eighteenth-century/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/image_200711714291010874.jpgimage_200711714291010874A seventeenth century view of the Rhine Valley. The Latin legend reads: "is it sweet to drink bad wine from a golden cup? - I'd rather drink good wine from a glass". Note that when applied to wines, "plumbeus", literally leaden, has the meaning of poor or bad, here and in classical Latin. Source: http://www.nicks.com.au/Index.aspx?link_id=76.12212013-07-14T13:53:59+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/03/24/mercurial-drops/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/helvetischeessentie.jpgLast page of the pamphlet on the 'Helvetian essence', listing exclusive selling points. Last page of the pamphlet on the 'Helvetian essence', listing exclusive selling points. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/booth.jpgBarton BoothCourtesy of the National Portrait Gallery D757.2013-06-27T15:15:58+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/06/23/metals-and-chemical-knowledge-in-unexpected-places-stained-glass-windows/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gouda-sint-janskerk-glas12.jpgThe birth of JesusThe birth of Jesus, window 12 in the St Jan church in Gouda, made in 1564. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/retorten.jpgGlass retortsGlass retorts used in the chemical laboratory, from Boerhaave, Elementa Chemiae.2013-06-27T15:15:41+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/05/19/mercury-back-to-the-source/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jean-deutz.jpgJean DeutzAnonymous - Portrait of Jean Deutz (1618-1673)https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/municipality_of_idrija_1689_valvasor.jpgMunicipality_of_Idrija_1689_ValvasorCopper engraving of Idrija, including the mercury mine, by Janez Vajkard Valvasor (published in his The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola), 16892013-06-27T15:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/06/27/a-gemstone-for-every-ailment/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gemsessay.jpggemsessayTitle page of Robert Boyle's 1673 'An essay, about the origine and virtue of gems.'https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/brooch.jpgBroochBrooch, 1740-1750, Silver set with pastes (glass). Courtesy of the V&A (object nr. M.198-2007)2013-06-27T15:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/05/31/dark-tourism-past-and-present/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/front-page.jpgTitle page of an English visitor's catalogue to the Leiden Anatomical theatre, 1727. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/theatre_leyden.jpgThe Leiden Anatomical Theatre in the seventeenth century. Visitors can be seen strolling around and pointing out things to each other. The dissected body on the table is unlikely to have been there during the summer tourist season in reality, as dissections were normally only performed during the cold winter months. 2013-06-09T15:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/05/09/alchemy-on-the-amstel-a-visit-to-the-ritman-library/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/naamloos.pngFig. 1Antimony ore, antimony cup and Basilius Valentinus, Triump-Wagen Antimonii, Leipzig 1604. C. van Heertum, Alchemy on the Amstel. On Hermetic Medicine. Amsterdam: In de Pelikaan, 2012.2013-06-22T18:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/03/03/making-medicine-early-modern-laboratory-equipment/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chemischlab.jpgchemischlabFirst chemical laboratory at Utrecht University, founded 1695. From: J.C. Barchusen, Pyrosophia (Leiden, 1698).https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/blankaart.jpg17th century laboratory equipmentFrom: Steven Blankaart, De nieuwe hedendaagsche stof-scheiding ofthe chymia (1678)2013-03-01T15:34:11+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/02/17/ninzin-root-or-an-eighteenth-century-placebo/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/china-root.jpgChina root‘China root’ or ginger, from An Embassy for the East India Company, Johan Nieuhoff, 1669, p. 213. 2013-02-17T13:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/02/03/harelip-devils-bite/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cleft-lip.jpgM0012906 J. Guillemeau, operations on the cheek, for harelip. Wellcome Library, London https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cleft-palate-hunterian.jpgRCSHC/P 1532A foetal pig showing division of the spine, mandible and tongue, with a marked cleft in the palate. From the collection of John Hunter (1728-1793). Collection of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London.2013-02-03T12:57:30+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/01/27/medicine-with-a-silver-lining/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pill-silverer.gifpill silvererPill silverer, probably nineteenth century. 2017-07-24T11:44:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2013/01/17/dog-balm/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/dog-vivisection.jpgA physiological demonstration with vivisection of a dog.Wellcome Library, London. A physiological demonstration with vivisection of a dog. Oil painting by Emile-Edouard Mouchy, 1832.2013-06-18T14:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/12/09/hands-on-history/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/anatomy-experimetn.jpgAnatomy experimentSheep heart injected with red and blue wax, February 2012. https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/hartsandifortcopyrigh.pngHartSandifortcopyrighHeart injected with mercury and red wax, Eduard Sandifort, eighteenth century. Copyright LUMC 2012.2012-12-09T16:14:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/11/25/mercury-or-mercury/2012-11-25T18:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/11/12/the-practical-uses-of-a-mummie/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/sugg.jpgSugghttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/220px-otto_heurnius.jpgOtto HeurniusOtto Heurnius2012-11-12T17:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/11/05/the-seventeenth-century-pharmacy-learning-by-doing/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/image.jpgPharmacia GalenicaTitle page of the 1657 first edition of the 'Pharmacia Galenica & Chymica.'2020-11-21T19:26:39+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/10/27/the-mysteries-of-mercury/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121027-130813.jpg20121027-130813.jpghttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/20121027-130736.jpg20121027-130736.jpg2012-10-27T11:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/10/15/medicine-chest-or-kitchen-cabinet/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/spice-rack.jpgspice rack2012-10-15T10:15:30+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/10/07/quinine-in-the-arctic/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/quinine.jpgQuinine bottleA nineteenth-century bottle of a quinine preparations, like the one in the chest of the Franklin expedition.2012-10-07T13:38:58+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/10/02/hidden-opiates-and-mercury/https://mariekehendriksen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/dovers-powder.jpgDover's PowderA late nineteenth century bottle of Dover's Powder - advertised as fever medicine.2015-03-31T17:26:09+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/09/22/strong-medicine/2012-09-22T10:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/09/16/not-all-is-what-it-seems/2012-09-16T16:10:57+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/09/08/must-objects-have-meaning/2012-09-08T15:24:00+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nl/2012/08/30/hello-world/2012-08-31T06:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mariekehendriksen.nldaily1.02026-01-07T09:56:02+00:00