Alphabet of medical botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie.

  • James Rennie
Date:
1834
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Credit: Alphabet of medical botany, for the use of beginners / by James Rennie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Sheep {Ovis Aries, Linn.) This quadruped belongs to the LinnEean order, Pecoka, and to Cuvier's Ruminantia. It is charac- terised by having eight incisor teeth in the lower jaw, and being without tusks ; the horns, when present, are hollow, wrinkled, and divergent. The fat called suet, which is the part medicinally used, is chiefly procured from the kidneys, the omentum, and the loins. The Spermaceti Whd\e{Physetermacrocephalus,'L'^-S's.) This animal belongs to the Linnsean order, C^tm, and to Cuvier's Cetacea. It is characterised by having conical teeth in the lower jaw, but none in the upper; by the back being destitute of an elevated fin, and by the snout being abrupt. The head, which oc- cupies nearly one half of the whole animal, has the greater portion occupied by a triangular bony cavity, containing a white, fluid, oily, substance, to the amount of many tons' weight. On the death of the whale, this concretes into a white unctuous substance, called sper- maceti, the part used medicinally. The Barn-door Fowl (P/iasianus Gallus, Linn.) This bird belongs to the Linngean order, Gallin.«, and to Illiger's Rasores. It is characterised by the beak being short and strong • the cheeks covered with a rough membrane, destitute of feathers ; and the feet furnished with spurs. It is a native of the warmer parts of Asia ; the egg is what is medicinally used : the eggs of the duck, the goose, &c., may be substituted, if necessary. The Leech (Hinido medicinalis, Linn.) This animal belongs to the Linnsean class. Vermes, and the order Intestina, and to Cuvier's Annelides
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