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Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the petition of Mr. Andrew Broomfield, factor upon the sequestrate estate of the Late Viscount of Primrose, ...
Broomfield, Andrew.Date: 1750]- Books
A guide to supplements : nutritional information, multivitamins, vitamin C, B complex, minerals, primrose & fish oils, odourless garlic, digestive aids, herbs, antioxidants, health food supplements / Quest Vitamins.
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Pulmonaria officinalis L. Boraginaceae Distribution: Europe. Pulmonaria or Lungwort are names for a lichen and a perennial plant in the Boraginaceae. This is the latter. Lyte (1578) has a woodcut of our plant and also calls it Sage of Jerusalem and says it is of 'no particular use in physicke, but is much used in meates and salads with eggs, as is also Cowslippes and Primroses, whereunto in temperature it is much alike.' He lists and describes the lichen separately. Culpeper (1650) said he found many sorts of lunguewort in perusing Authors ' Pulmonari, arborea and Symphytum maculosum [and the latter is our plant, the others the lichen] and that they 'helpe infirmities of the lungues, as hoarseness, coughs, wheezing, shortnesse of breath etc.' Coles (1657) who espouses the Doctrine of Signatures in a way unrivalled by any other English author, might have been expected to confirm the concept that the mottled leaves looked like the cut surface of a lung which indicates their purpose, but he only mentions the lungwort which is a lichen. However, Porta's beautiful book on the Doctrine, Phytognomica (1588), is clear that the plant called Pulmonaria with hairy leaves like a bugloss, spotted white with purple flowers, commonly called 'cynoglossa' [with a woodcut which could be Pulmonaria officinalis] indicate its use for ulcerated lungs, spitting blood, shortness of breath and asthma equally with the lichen with the same name. Lobel & Pena (1570) call it 'PULMONARIA, masculosa folia Borrago. floribus Primula veris, purpureis [PULMONARIA spotted, Borage-leaved, flowers like Primula veris - Cowslips - purple]' and say that women mix the leaves with a little broth and make it into an omelette for lung disorders and to strengthen the heart.. Lobel (1576) calls it Maculosa Pulmonaria and describes a white flowered form with a good woodcut. Gerard (1633) uses the same woodcut as Lobel and calls it Pulmonatia foliis Echii, Buglosse Cowslips with red flowers, and a woodcut of a narrow leaved plant as Pulmonaria masculosa, Spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem with red, blue and purple flowers and says 'the leaves are used among pot-herbes. The roots are aso thought to be good against the infirmities of ulcers of the lungs...'. Quincy (1718) writes: '... it has a glutinous juice ... and heals ulcers and erosions. It is commended in coughs and spitting of blood but is little used either in the Shop or Prescriptions'. Not used in modern medicine. It is in the family Boraginaceae whose species are often rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver toxicity and liver cancers, but levels in Pulmonaria officinalis may not be significant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Pulmonaria officinalis L. Boraginaceae Distribution: Officinalis indicates its medicinal use in early medicine. Europe. Pulmonaria or Lungwort are names for a lichen and a perennial plant in the Boraginaceae. This is the latter. Lyte (1578) has a woodcut of our plant and also calls it Sage of Jerusalem and says it is of ' no particular use in physicke, but is much used in meates and salads with eggs, as is also Cowslippes and Primroses, whereunto in temperature it is much alike.' He lists and describes the lichen separately. Culpeper (1650) said he found many sorts of lunguewort in perusing Authors ' Pulmonari, arborea and Symphytum maculosum [and the latter is our plant, the others the lichen] and that they 'helpe infirmities of the lungues, as hoarseness, coughs, wheezing, shortnesse of breath etc.' Coles (1657) who espouses the Doctrine of Signatures in a way unrivalled by any other English author, might have been expected to confirm the concept that the mottled leaves looked like the cut surface of a lung which indicates their purpose, but he only mentions the lungwort which is a lichen. However, Porta's beautiful book on the Doctrine, Phytognomica (1588), is clear that the plant called Pulmonaria with hairy leaves like a bugloss, spotted white with purple flowers, commonly called 'cynoglossa' [with a woodcut which could be Pulmonaria officinalis] indicate its use for ulcerated lungs, spitting blood, shortness of breath and asthma equally with the lichen with the same name. Lobel & Pena (1570) call it 'PULMONARIA, masculosa folia Borrago, floribus Primula veris, purpureis [PULMONARIA spotted, Borage-leaved, flowers like Primula veris - Cowslips - purple]' and say that women mix the leaves with a little broth and make it into an omelette for lung disorders and to strengthen the heart. Lobel (1576) calls it Maculosa Pulmonaria and describes a white flowered form with a good woodcut. Gerard (1633) uses the same woodcut as Lobel and calls it Pulmonatia foliis Echii, Buglosse Cowslips with red flowers, and a woodcut of a narrow leaved plant as Pulmonaria masculosa, Spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem with red, blue and purple flowers and says 'the leaves are used among pot-herbes. The roots are aso thought to be good against the infirmities of ulcers of the lungs...'. Quincy (1718) writes: '... it has a glutinous juice ... and heals ulcers and erosions. It is commended in coughs and spitting of blood but is little used either in the Shop or Prescriptions. Not used in modern medicine. It is in the family Boraginaceae whose species are often rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver toxicity and liver cancers, but levels in Pulmonaria officinalis may not be significant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Pulmonaria rubra L. Boraginaceae A red-flowered species, mentioned in 16th and 17th herbals, but with the same properties as officinalis. Distribution: Europe. Pulmonaria or Lungwort are names for a lichen and a perennial plant in the Boraginaceae. This is the latter. Lyte (1578) has a woodcut of our plant and also calls it Sage of Jerusalem and says it is of 'no particular use in physicke, but is much used in meates and salads with eggs, as is also Cowslippes and Primroses, whereunto in temperature it is much alike.' He lists and describes the lichen separately. Culpeper (1650) said he found many sorts of lunguewort in perusing Authors 'Pulmonari, arborea and Symphytum maculosum [and the latter is our plant, the others the lichen] and that they 'helpe infirmities of the lungues, as hoarseness, coughs, wheezing, shortnesse of breath etc.' Coles (1657) who espouses the Doctrine of Signatures in a way unrivalled by any other English author, might have been expected to confirm the concept that the mottled leaves looked like the cut surface of a lung which indicates their purpose, but he only mentions the lungwort which is a lichen. However, Porta's beautiful book on the Doctrine, Phytognomica (1588), is clear that the plant called pulmonaria with hairy leaves like a bugloss, spotted white with purple flowers, commonly called 'cynoglossa' [with a woodcut which could be Pulmonaria officinalis] indicate its use for ulcerated lungs, spitting blood, shortness of breath and asthma equally with the lichen with the same name. Lobel & Pena (1570) call it 'PULMONARIA, masculosa folia Borrago. floribus Primula veris, purpureis[ PULMONARIA spotted, Borage-leaved, flowers like Primula veris - Cowslips - purple] and say that women mix the leaves with a little broth and make it into an omelette for lung disorders and to strengthen the heart. Lobel (1576) calls it Maculosa Pulmonaria and describes a white flowered form, with a good woodcut. Gerard (1633) uses the same woodcut as Lobel and calls it Pulmonatia foliis Echii, Buglosse Cowslips with red flowers, and a woodcut of a narrow leaved plant as Pulmonaria masculosa, Spotted Cowslips of Jerusalem with red, blue and purple flowers and says 'the leaves are used among pot-herbes. The roots are aso thought to be good against the infirmities of ulcers of the lungs...'. Quincy (1718) writes: '... it has a glutinous juice ... and heals ulcers and erosions. It is commended in coughs and spitting of blood but is little used either in the Shop or Prescriptions. Not used in modern medicine. It is in the family Boraginaceae whose species are often rich in pyrrolizidine alkaloids that cause liver toxicity and liver cancers, but levels in Pulmonaria officinalis may not be significant. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Sweet innocence; being a collection of favourite songs. 1. The sailor's love to fair Isabel. 2. The maid of Primrose Hill. 3. Bachelor's Hall. 4. Daffodill. 5. The busy crew.
Date: between ca. 1760 and 1800?]- Books
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Act of the Committee of Estates for bringing up of deficients and runawayes, and quartering of them, and for ane [sic] account from the shires of their diligence in execution of former publike Acts : April 23. 1645.
Scotland. Parliament. Committee of EstatesDate: [1645]- Books
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At Stirling the 12. of June 1645.
Scotland. Parliament. Committee of EstatesDate: 1645- Books
John Knight, Ltd. : a household word.
Date: [between 1930 and 1939?]- Pictures
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A plant (a species of Primulaceae): entire flowering plant with separate flower sections. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16680i- Books
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An excellent garland, containing four choice songs: 1. The King and prince of drunkards. 2. Pretty Betsey; or the betrayed maiden. 3. The Maid of Primrose Hill. 4. The Loss of the Centaur.
Date: [1785?]- Books
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A treatise on the struma, or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil : in which the common opinion of its being a hereditary disease is proved to be erroneous; more rational causes are assigned, illustrated by a variety of apposite cases; and a successful method of treatment recommended : together with general directions for sea-bathing / by Thomas White, of the Corporation of Surgeons, and surgeon to the London-dispensary.
White, Thomas, 1753-Date: 1794- Books
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Unrighteous abuse detected and chastised, or, a vindication of innocence and integrity, being an answer to a virulent poem, intituled, The Protestant Association. By Maria De Fleury.
De Fleury, Maria, active 1773-1791.Date: M,DCC,LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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Farm live stock of Great Britain / by Robert Wallace.
Wallace, Robert, 1853-1939.Date: 1907- Books
A guide to supplements : nutritional information, multiple vitamins, vitamin C and bioflavonoids, vitamin B complex, synergistic minerals, primrose & fish oils, odourless garlic, digestive aids, herbal supplements, antioxidant nutrients, health food supplements / Quest Vitamins.
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A plea for literature: more especially the literature of free states. By a member of the old Congress.
Beresford, Richard, 1755-1803.Date: M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]- Pictures
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Eight flowering plants, possibly including species of Hosta, Primula, and a daylily. Watercolour, c. 1870.
Date: 1870Reference: 28626i- Books
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A treatise on the struma, or scrofula, commonly called the King's evil: In which the common opinion of its being a hereditary disease is proved to be erroneous; more rational causes are assigned, illustrated by a variety of apposite cases; and a successful method of treatment recommended: together with general directions for sea-bathing. By Thomas White, of the corporation of surgeons, and surgeon to the London-dispensary.
White, Thomas, 1753-Date: M.DCC.XCIV. [1794]- Pictures
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Soldanella alpina: entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
Date: [1772]Reference: 16597i- Pictures
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An Auricula plant: two flowering stems, one in outline only. Etching, c. 1787.
Date: [1 July 1787]Reference: 24945i- Books
Popular errours. Or the errours of the people in physick, / first written in Latine by the learned physitian James Primrose ... To which is added by the same authour his verdict concerning the antimoniall cuppe. Translated into English by Robert Wittie.
Primerose, James, approximately 1598-1659Date: 1651- Books
Nursing in time of war / by P.H. Mitchiner and E.E.P. MacManus.
Mitchiner, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1888-1952?Date: 1939- Books
Nursing in time of war / by P.H. Mitchiner and E.E.P. MacManus.
Mitchiner, Philip H. (Philip Henry), 1888-1952?Date: 1943- Books
Mental retardation : prenatal diagnosis and infant assessment proceedings of Symposia 6 and 8 held at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School on 19 June 1970 and 26 March 1971 under the auspices of the Institute for Research into Mental Retardation / edited by C.P. Douglas and K.S. Holt.
Date: 1972- Pictures
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Two sprigs of flowers, including lilies, carnations and Auricula, meant as designs for embroidery. Etching with engraving after W. Kilburn, 1775.
Kilburn, William, 1745-1818.Date: [20 July 1776]Reference: 24528i