Top, muscles of the shoulder; bottom, the plant Garcinia gummi-gutta. Coloured engraving, 1834-1837.

Date:
[between 1834 and 1837]
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578005i
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The plant Garcinia gummi-gutta, also called Garcinia cambogia, has been used as in medicine as a cathartic, emetic, and anthelminthic

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[Venezia [Venice]] : [G. Antonelli], [between 1834 and 1837]

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1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 29 x 20.5 cm

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La medicina pittoresca. Muscoli, sopra e sotto spinati grande e piccolo rotondo. 2. Muscoli infra-scapolare, coraco-bronchiale, bicipite. 3. Muscoli, brachiale anteriore e tricipite. Dal 4. al 7. Gotta, o cambogia gotta Bears number: Tav. 68

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Wellcome Collection 578005i

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