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Weather lore : a collection of proverbs, sayings, and rules concerning the weather / comp. and arranged by Richard Inwards.
Inwards, Richard, 1840-1937.Date: 1898- Books
The knowledge of things unknown: shewing the effects of the planets and other astronomical constellations, with the strange events that befal men, women and children born under them / compiled by Godfridus, super palladium de agricultura Anglicarum. Together with the husbandman's practice, or, Prognostication for ever ... With the shepherd's prognostication for the weather, and Pythagoras his wheel of fortune.
Godfridus.Date: [1685]- Books
The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. By which you may know the weather for several days to come, and in some cases for months. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations, the nature of the wind, rain, snow, &c. ... on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy / By John Claridge, shepherd.
Claridge, John (Shepherd)Date: 1827- Books
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An essay on the weather; with remarks on the shepherd of Banbury's rules for judging of it's [!] changes; and directions for preserving lives and buildings from the fatal effects of lightening. Intended chiefly for the use of husbandmen / By John Mills.
Mills, John, -1784?Date: 1773- Books
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The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations, the nature of wind, rain, snow, &c. on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy / By John Claridge.
Claridge, John (Shepherd)Date: 1744- Books
The shepherd of Banbury's rules to judge of the changes of the weather, grounded on forty years experience. To which is added, a rational account of the causes of such alterations, the nature of wind, rain, snow, &c. on the principles of the Newtonian philosophy / By John Claridge.
Claridge, John (Shepherd)Date: 1744- Books
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The pocket encyclopaedia of natural phenomena; for the use of mariners, shepherds, gardeners, husbandmen, and others; being a compendium of prognostications of the weather, signs of the seasons, periods of plants, and other phenomena in natural history and philosophy / compiled principally from the manuscripts and ms. journals of the late T. F. Forster ... By T. [I.M.] Forster.
Forster, Thomas Furley, 1761-1825.Date: 1827- Books
Hvg. Grotii Batavi Syntagma Arateorvm. Opvs antiqvitatis et astronomiae stvdiosis vtilissimvm / quo quae contineantur versa pagella indicabit.
Aratus, Solensis.Date: 1600- Books
Volkserotik und Pflanzenwelt : eine Darstellung alter wie moderner erotischer und sexueller Gebräuche, Vergleiche, Benennungen, Sprichwörter, Redewendungen, Rätsel, Volkslieder erotischen Zaubers und Aberglaubens, sexueller Heilkunde, die sich auf Pflanzen beziehen / Dr. Aigremont [i.e. Siegmar Baron von Schultze-Galléra].
Schultze-Galléra, Siegmar, Baron von, 1865-1945.Date: [1997], ©1997- Books
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A collection of proverbs and popular sayings relating to the seasons, the weather, and agricultural pursuits / gathered chiefly from oral tradition. By M.A. Denham.
Denham, M. A. (Michael Aislabie), -1859.Date: 1846- Books
The arte of gardening, wherunto is added much necessarie matter, with a number of secrets: and the phisicke helps belonging to each hearb, which are easily prepared. Heer-vnto is annexed two proper treatises, the first intituled The meruailous gouerment, propertie, and benefite of bees, with the rare secrets of the honie and waxe: the other, The yearly coniectures, verie necessary for husband men. To these is likewise joyned a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees / Gathered by Thomas Hill, Citizen of London.
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-Date: 1608- Books
The arte of gardening, wherunto is added much necessarie matter, with a number of secrets: and the phisicke helps belonging to each hearb, which are easily prepared. Heer-vnto is annexed two proper treatises, the first intituled The meruailous gouerment, propertie, and benefite of bees, with the rare secrets of the honie and waxe: the other, The yearly coniectures, verie necessary for husband men. To these is likewise joyned a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees / Gathered by Thomas Hill, Citizen of London.
Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-Date: 1608- Books
El ojo en la mitología - su simbolismo / [Juan Eduardo Cirlot].
Cirlot, Juan Eduardo.Date: 1954- Books
Die Magie der Pilze : psychoaktive Pflanzen in Mythos, Alchemie und Religion / Clark Heinrich ; aus dem Amerikanischen übertragen von Annette Charpentier ; mit einem Vorwort von Christian Rätsch.
Heinrich, Clark, 1945-Date: 1998- Books
Tulasi - the holy basil : (a great preventive and curative remedy) / by Upendraray J. Sandesar ; translated by Dalsukhbhai K. Shah.
Sāṇḍesarā, Upendrarāya Jayacandabhāī.Date: 1978- Books
Naissance et petite enfance dans l'Antiquite : actes du colloque de Fribourg, 28 novembre - 1er decembre 2001 / Veronique Dasen (ed.).
Date: 2004- Books
Palms and religion in the Northwest Amazon / Richard Evans Schultes.
Schultes, Richard Evans.Date: [1974]- Digital Images
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Atropa belladonna L. Solanaceae. Deadly nightshade. Dwale. Morella, Solatrum, Hound's berries, Uva lupina, Cucubalus, Solanum lethale. Atropa derives from Atropos the oldest of the three Fates of Greek mythology who cut the thread of Life (her sisters Clotho and Lachesis spun and measured the thread, respectively). belladonna, literally, means 'beautiful lady' and was the Italian name for it. Folklore has it that Italian ladies put drops from the plant or the fruits in their eyes to make themselves doe-eyed, myopic and beautiful. However, this is not supported by the 16th and 17th century literature, where no mention is ever made of dilated pupils (or any of the effects of parasympathetic blockade). Tournefort (1719) says 'The Italians named this plant Belladonna, which in their language signifies a beautiful woman, because the ladies use it much in the composition of their Fucus [rouge or deceit or cosmetic] or face paint.' Parkinson says that the Italian ladies use the distilled juice as a fucus '... peradventure [perhaps] to take away their high colour and make them looke paler.' I think it more likely that they absorbed atropine through their skin and were slightly 'stoned' and disinhibited, which made them beautiful ladies in the eyes of Italian males. Distribution: Europe, North Africa, western Asia. Culpeper (1650) writes: 'Solanum. Nightshade: very cold and dry, binding … dangerous given inwardly … outwardly it helps the shingles, St Antonie's Fire [erysipelas] and other hot inflammation.' Most of the 16th, 17th and 18th century herbals recommend it topically for breast cancers. Poisonous plants were regarded as 'cold' plants as an excess of them caused death and the body became cold. They were regarded as opposing the hot humour which kept us warm and alive. Poultices of Belladonna leaves are still recommended for muscle strain in cyclists, by herbalists. Gerard (1633) writes that it: 'causeth sleep, troubleth the mind, bringeth madnesse if a few of the berries be inwardly taken, but if more be taken they also kill...'. He was also aware that the alkaloids could be absorbed through the skin for he notes that a poultice of the leaves applied to the forehead, induces sleep, and relieves headache. The whole plant contains the anticholinergic alkaloid atropine, which blocks the peripheral actions of acetylcholine in the parasympathetic nervous system. Atropine is a racemic mixture of d- and l- hyoscyamine. Atropine, dropped into the eyes, blocks the acetylcholine receptors of the pupil so it no longer constricts on exposure to bright light - so enabling an ophthalmologist to examine the retina with an ophthalmoscope. Atropine speeds up the heart rate, reduces salivation and sweating, reduces gut motility, inhibits the vertigo of sea sickness, and is used to block the acetylcholine receptors to prevent the effects of organophosphorous and other nerve gas poisons. It is still has important uses in medicine. Atropine poisoning takes three or for days to wear off, and the hallucinations experienced by its use are described as unpleasant. We have to be content with 'madness', 'frenzie' and 'idle and vain imaginations' in the early herbals to describe the hallucinations of atropine and related alkaloids as the word 'hallucination' in the sense of a perception for which there is no external stimulus, was not used in English until 1646 (Sir T. Browne, 1646). It is a restricted herbal medicine which can only be sold in premises which are registered pharmacies and by or under the supervision of a pharmacist (UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley