Philosophia Botanica
Item
Title
Philosophia Botanica
Is Part Of
Biological Sciences
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Description
"'Tabloid' Medicine Chests and Cases and 'Tabloid' First Aid Outfits have become standard equipment for travellers. They have accompanied the pioneers of tropical exploration through the jungles of Equatorial Africa, Asia and South America, as well as travellers to the unknown parts of the temperate zones" (BWC 1934: 12).
Access Rights
Currently locked away in Strongroom 3 in the UCT Jagger Library. Prior appointment to the library staff needed in order to view the object. Object should be handled with gloves, and a form signed in order to take any photos of it.
Creator
Nina Liebenberg
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Date Created
2021
Source
UCT Special Collections - BC666; UCT Special Collections - BC666; Burroughs Wellcome & Co.1925.‘Tabloid’: brief medical guide for explorers, missionaries, travellers, colonists, planters and others. London: Burroughs Wellcome & Co.
Resonances
tropical
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tropicality
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disease
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malaria
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quinine
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photosynthesis
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medicine chest
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Burroughs Wellcome and Co.
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Type
Object
Text
Contributor
Nina Liebenberg
