Volume 1

An account of the diseases, natural history, and medicines of the East Indies / Translated from the Latin of James Bontius ... To which are added annotations by a physician.

  • Bondt, Jakob de, 1592-1631.
Date:
1769
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the diseases, natural history, and medicines of the East Indies / Translated from the Latin of James Bontius ... To which are added annotations by a physician. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    animadversions \ O N T H E SECOND BOOK of Garcias ab Orta* On CHAPTER L Of the Tree called Pariz. - H E Portuguefe give this flirub the name of Arvore da Notte, becaufe it expands its flowers in the night. Thefe are copioufly pro¬ duced in Java, and brought to market by the flaves, for making chaplets, and wreathing in the hair of the Malaian women. In the fixth paragraph the author fpeaks of the flowers called Sula MogorL Thefe flowers grow upon a copfe not unfit for making hedges. It fcarcely exceeds the height of a man, and pro¬ duces flowers extremely fragrant and beautiful. A diftilled liquor is made of the flowers of the tree pariz, and this fhrub, which is very cordial, « and therefore affords extraordinary affiftance