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  • Cupiss' laxative balls : (a purgative and diuretic ball for horses) : as prepared by the late Francis Cupiss, M.R.C.V.S., Diss. / Francis Cupiss Ltd.
  • Cupiss' laxative balls : (a purgative and diuretic ball for horses) : as prepared by the late Francis Cupiss, M.R.C.V.S., Diss. / Francis Cupiss Ltd.
  • Euonymus americanus L. Celastraceae North America. Millspaugh (1974 ) reports that E. atropurpureus or Wahoo used by Native Americans as a laxative, for stomach upsets and secondary syphilis, coughs, colds and asthma
  • Borago officinalis L. Boraginaceae. Borage. officinalis indicates it was used in the 'offices' - the consulting clinics - of medieval monks. Distribution: Europe. Culpeper: “... comforts the heart, cheers the spirit, drives away sadness and melancholy, they are rather laxative than binding
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Senna corymbosa (Lam.)H.S.Irwin&Barneby Caesalpinaceae. Argentine Senna. Distribution: Argentine (other species from Europe). This beautiful shrub that flowers from midsummer until the frosts of winter, is the source of one of the best known of all herbal medicines – Senokot (and senna pods and senna tea), introduced to European medicine (as Senna alexandrina from Egypt) by the Arabians. Every part of the plant contains anthraquinones which, if taken internally, act as a powerful laxative to treat constipation by stimulating the nerve cells of the large bowel. Gerard (1633) notes ‘it is a singular purging medicine’ with over a page on its uses. When used regularly the nerves to the large bowel may be destroyed, leaving a permanently dilated large bowel that never functions properly again. This is a plant which causes the condition it treats to become permanent. Additionally, with prolonged use, the lining of the bowel turns black, serum potassium levels may fall, resulting in cardiac irregularities and sometimes death. Coma, neuropathy and hepatitis have also been reported. It is advertised on television (the actor involved is seen to be depressed and bloated until she takes Senokot, after which she is happy - Hippocrates would have attributed this antidepressant effect to the plant's ability to purge her of the black melancholic humour present in her bowel motions). It is available without prescription or health warning against long-term use. What do you think? Lyte (1578) recommends it strongly for depression, but one might claim to be cured rather than take it again. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Castigationes seu emendationes pharmacopolarum, sive apothecariorum, ac Arabum medicorum Mesuȩ, Serapionis, Rasis, Alpharabii, & aliorum juniorum medicorum ... in quatuor libros ac tomos divisae ... Liber primus De simplicibus medicamentis, quo docentur errata seplasiarum & pharmacopolarum ... ac recentium medicorum ... Liber secundus in quo continentur Castigationes in Antidotarium seu Grabadin Joannis Mesuȩ, Nicolai, Serapionis, ac aliorum recentiorum medicorum. Liber tertius est de ingenio curandorum corporum per medicinas laxativas. Liber quartus complectitur curationes ac remedia aegritudinum principalium humani corporis. Quibus adjungitur Officina apothecariorum, & juniorum medicorum. Item de phlebotomia sive sanguinis missione, & acerbano discorso dell eccellente medico et filosofo m andrea praesertim in pleuritide ... Item de vinis febricitantium / [Symphorien Champier].
  • Castigationes seu emendationes pharmacopolarum, sive apothecariorum, ac Arabum medicorum Mesuȩ, Serapionis, Rasis, Alpharabii, & aliorum juniorum medicorum ... in quatuor libros ac tomos divisae ... Liber primus De simplicibus medicamentis, quo docentur errata seplasiarum & pharmacopolarum ... ac recentium medicorum ... Liber secundus in quo continentur Castigationes in Antidotarium seu Grabadin Joannis Mesuȩ, Nicolai, Serapionis, ac aliorum recentiorum medicorum. Liber tertius est de ingenio curandorum corporum per medicinas laxativas. Liber quartus complectitur curationes ac remedia aegritudinum principalium humani corporis. Quibus adjungitur Officina apothecariorum, & juniorum medicorum. Item de phlebotomia sive sanguinis missione, & acerbano discorso dell eccellente medico et filosofo m andrea praesertim in pleuritide ... Item de vinis febricitantium / [Symphorien Champier].
  • Castigationes seu emendationes pharmacopolarum, sive apothecariorum, ac Arabum medicorum Mesuȩ, Serapionis, Rasis, Alpharabii, & aliorum juniorum medicorum ... in quatuor libros ac tomos divisae ... Liber primus De simplicibus medicamentis, quo docentur errata seplasiarum & pharmacopolarum ... ac recentium medicorum ... Liber secundus in quo continentur Castigationes in Antidotarium seu Grabadin Joannis Mesuȩ, Nicolai, Serapionis, ac aliorum recentiorum medicorum. Liber tertius est de ingenio curandorum corporum per medicinas laxativas. Liber quartus complectitur curationes ac remedia aegritudinum principalium humani corporis. Quibus adjungitur Officina apothecariorum, & juniorum medicorum. Item de phlebotomia sive sanguinis missione, & acerbano discorso dell eccellente medico et filosofo m andrea praesertim in pleuritide ... Item de vinis febricitantium / [Symphorien Champier].
  • Castigationes seu emendationes pharmacopolarum, sive apothecariorum, ac Arabum medicorum Mesuȩ, Serapionis, Rasis, Alpharabii, & aliorum juniorum medicorum ... in quatuor libros ac tomos divisae ... Liber primus De simplicibus medicamentis, quo docentur errata seplasiarum & pharmacopolarum ... ac recentium medicorum ... Liber secundus in quo continentur Castigationes in Antidotarium seu Grabadin Joannis Mesuȩ, Nicolai, Serapionis, ac aliorum recentiorum medicorum. Liber tertius est de ingenio curandorum corporum per medicinas laxativas. Liber quartus complectitur curationes ac remedia aegritudinum principalium humani corporis. Quibus adjungitur Officina apothecariorum, & juniorum medicorum. Item de phlebotomia sive sanguinis missione, & acerbano discorso dell eccellente medico et filosofo m andrea praesertim in pleuritide ... Item de vinis febricitantium / [Symphorien Champier].
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
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  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • Book of stamps... : Weather the weather with Bovril.
  • The efficacy and extent of true purgation : shewing, I. what this operation is; not as vulgarly understood. II. how performed in human body. III. by what means fitly to be done. IV. when; how oft; and in what cases to be used ... distinguished from promiscuous evacuations; iujuriously [sic] procured, and falsly reputed purging / by Everard Maynwaring.
  • Para el tratamiento lógico del estreñimiento : 3 tipos de Petrolagar / Wyeth International Limited.
  • Para el tratamiento lógico del estreñimiento : 3 tipos de Petrolagar / Wyeth International Limited.
  • Venezuela Gulf Hospital formulary.