Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated and improved from the fourth edition of the Latin. By Peter Shaw.
- Date:
- 1746
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated and improved from the fourth edition of the Latin. By Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![AHiariay Sauce-alone. The Leaves. Alliumy Garlick. The Root. Bark. . Aloe Caballina 7 Caballine 7 C The in- r-Hepatica r Hepatic & r Aloes < fpiffated — Succotrina j Succotrine ) C Juice. AlfmCy Chick-weed. The Herb. Althea [Bijmalva Ibifcus] Marfhmallows. The Leaves, Root and Seed. Ammi verum I True >Amni, or Bifhop’s- --vulgare f Common) weed. Its Seed. Ammoniacum. The Gum. Amomum verum l True 'lAmomum, or —'vulgare [SiJon\ ) Common > Stone-Parfley. ) Its Seed. Amygdalus amara 7 Sweet \ Almond. Its *-dulcis j Bitter ) Fruit. Anacardia, Anacardium.. Its Fruit. Anchujh, Alkanet *. Its Root. Anethumy * There are two different kinds of Alkanet; that of France, which grows in Provence and Languedoc; and that which conies from the Levant. The French Alkanet root is fmail, of a deep red without, and white within. Its leaves are green, rough, and like thofe of Buglofs; whence the plant is fometimes called wild Buglofs. From amidft the leaves rifes a ftrait Item, adorned with lefTer leaves and flowers, in the form of flars, of a pale blue. To be good, it ought to be new, pliable tho’ dry, of a deep red on the furface, and white within, with a fmail blue head, which, whether wet or dry, being rubbed upon the nails or hands, ffains them of a beautiful vermilion dye. But the Alkanet ol the Levant is a root as large as a man’s arm, and long proportionably ; appearing to be a parcel of leaves twilled and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30520447_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
