An investigation of the properties and effects, of the Spiraea trifoliata of Linnaeus, or Indian physic / by Jacob De La Motta, of Charleston South Carolina ; member of the Philadelphia Medical and American Linnaean Societies ; and member of the Charleston Philosophical Society.

Date:
1810
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Credit: An investigation of the properties and effects, of the Spiraea trifoliata of Linnaeus, or Indian physic / by Jacob De La Motta, of Charleston South Carolina ; member of the Philadelphia Medical and American Linnaean Societies ; and member of the Charleston Philosophical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    This genus includes twenty two species; ac- cording to Linnaeus arrangement. That of which we are about to speak is the 22d. The spiraea trifoliatay the medical qualities of which I am particularly to treat of in the subse- quent pages ; is an indigenous plant that sponta- neously grows ; and may be found in great abun- dance, in North-Carolina, Georgia, Canada, Florida, common in South-Carolina, Pennsylva- nia,* &c. &c. generally known and distinguished by the various names of Spiraea Ipecacuanha, Three-leaved spiraea, Indian hippo, Indian physic, Meadow sweet, Drop-wort, Bowman's root,t &c. The accounts which have been given by botanists of the plant, differ in the titles ; an ac- curate description we cannot expect to find in every botanical book: from this consideration, I am induced to describe it as considered by a few; deeming it totally useless to enter into a minute definition of each variety in particular. * Different species of the genus spiraea are found in many parts of Virginia. f Bowman is said to have first discoversd its medical effects- C