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Plate 12: Cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of two varieties of cinchona bark. No. 109 is Cinchona Flavae cortex or yellow cinchona bark and No. 111 is Cinchonae Carthagenae cortex or Carthagena bark.
This manual identifies plants…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use
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Plate 11: Red and pale cinchona bark
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color. Illustration No. 108 is Cinchonae rubrae cortex or red cinchona bark. Illustration No. 110 is Cinchonae pallidae cortex or pale cinchona bark.
This manual identifies plants used for…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Cinchona--Therapeutic use
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Plate 6: Guarana and Orange
- 1886
Illustration printed in color. Item no. 29. is guarana, which is made from the seeds of the paullinia sorbilis ground, made into a paste then molded into a cylindrical mass and dried. Guarana is known for its high…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Bitter orange oil, Oranges, Guarana--Therapeutic use, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Guarana
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Opium masses
- Plate 3.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top, no. 16, is of a Smyrna Opium which is wrapped in…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium--Therapeutic use, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 9: Various medicinal plants based from trees of the sub-order Caesalpinieae
- 1886
Illustrations of medicinal plants printed in color. No. 70 is a cassia pulp, No. 73 is a catechu nigrum or cutch made from the heart wood of the acacia. No. 81 is Amygdala amara or bitter almond, No. 83 is Amygdala…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Almond, Cassia (Genus), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Opium masses
- Plate 4.
- 1886
Printed illustration in color of two opium masses. Opium is made from the juice from the capsules of Papaver somniferum which is then hardened by evaporation. The top illustration, no. 18, is of Egyptian Opium which was…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Opium, Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 8: Illustration of various leaves, bark, and seeds
- Plate 8.
- 1886
An Illustration printed in color of various leaves, a bark, and seed. No. 41 is Buchu Folia, No. 42 is Cuspariae vel Angusturae Cortex or Angustura bark, No. 64 is Physostigmatis Semen or calabar bean, No. 68 is Senna…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Angostura bark, Calabar bean, Senna alexandrina
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Plate 7: Limonis Cortex and Belae Fructus
- Plate 7.
- 1886
Illustrations printed in color of a lemon whole and a cross-section and a bael fruit whole as well as a cross-section.
This manual identifies plants used for medicinal purposes. The focus is on plants that can be…
- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Lemon, Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Bael (Tree)--Therapeutic use, Bael (Tree), Materia medica, Vegetable
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Plate 5: Medicinal roots from the family Polygalaceae
- 1886
Illustration printed in color of roots from plants in the Polygalaceae family. The top root, no. 23, is a Senegae Radix or Senega root. The lower two illustrations, no. 24, are of the Krameriae Radix or Rhatany root.
…- Author Wills, George S. V.
- Publisher Simpkin, Marshall and Co.
- Subject Roots (Botany), Botany, Medical, Medicinal plants, Materia medica, Vegetable, Polygalaceae