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Common or scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis L.): flowering and fruiting plant in earth mound. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
- Bouchard, Magdalena.
- Date
- [1774]
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Description
An infusion of scarlet pimpernel is used as a home remedy for lung complaints, gall stones and cirrhosis of the liver
Common or scarlet pimpernel is also known as cure all and poor man's or shepherd's weather-glass
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Anagallis phoeniceo flore. I.R.H.142. - Gall. Mouron
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16844i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
- French
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