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American medical botany, being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts, with coloured engravings
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- 1817-1820
- Publisher
- Boston: Cummings and Hilliard
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- American medical botany, being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts, with coloured engravings Vol. I 1817
- American medical botany, being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet and the arts, with coloured engravings Vol. II 1818
- American medical botany, being a collection of the native medicinal plants of the United States, containing their botanical history and chemical analysis, and properties and uses in medicine, diet, and the arts, with coloured engravings Vol. III 1820
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- Author
- Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879
- Publisher
- Boston: Cummings and Hilliard
- Date
- 1817-1820
- Description of Original
- 3 volumes, lx leaves of plates : color Illustrations ; 26 cm
- Format
- Text
- Language
- English
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- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- To the Rev. John Thornton Kirkland
- Preface
- Datura stramonium, Thorn apple
- Eupatorium perfoliatum, Thorough wort
- Phytolacca decandra, Poke
- Arum triphyllum, Dragon root
- Coptis trifolia, Gold thread
- Arbutus uva ursi, Bear berry
- Sanguinaria canadensis, Blood root
- Geranium maculatum, Common cranesbill
- Triosteum perfoliatum, Fever root
- Rhus vernix, Poison sumach or Dogwood
- American medical botany. Volume I.--part II
- Conium maculatum, Hemlock
- Cicuta maculata, American hemlock
- Kalmia latifolia, Mountain laurel
- Spigelia marilandica, Carolina pink root
- Asarum canadense, Canada snake root, Wild ginger
- Iris versicolor, Blue flag, or flower de luce
- Hyoscyamus niger, Henbane
- Solanum dulcamara, Bitter sweet
- Lobelia inflata, Indian tobacco
- Solidago odora, Sweet scented golden rod
- Notes
- Contents of the first volume
- [Original covers]
- [Cover]
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- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- Advertisement
- Preface to the second volume
- Pyrola umbellata, Winter green
- Gaultheria procumbens, Partridge berry
- Podophyllum peltatum, May apple
- Ictodes foetidus, Skunk cabbage
- Statice caroliniana, Marsh rosemary
- Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly weed
- Magnolia glauca, Small magnolia
- Cornus florida, Dogwood
- Panax quinquefolium, ginseng
- Polygala senega, Seneca snake root
- American medical botany. Volume II.--part II
- Liriodendron tulipfera, Tulip tree
- Juglans cinerea, Butternut
- Veratrum viride, American hellebore
- Gentiana catesbæi, Blue gentian
- Laurus sassafras, Sassafras tree
- Apocynum androsæmifolium, Dog's bane
- Dirca palustris, Leather wood
- Rubus villosus, Tall blackberry
- Cassia marilandica, American senna
- Nicotiana tabacum, Tobacco
- Notes
- Contents of the second volume
- [Original covers]
- [Cover]
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- [Cover]
- [Title Page]
- Preface to the third volume
- Gillenia trifoliata, Common gillenia
- Rhus radicans, Poison ivy
- Myrica cerifera, Wax myrtle
- Juniperus communis, Common juniper
- Juniperus virginiana, Red cedar
- Menyanthes trifoliata, Buck bean
- Ranunculus bulbosus, Bulbous crowfoot
- Illicium floridanum, Starry anise
- Aristolochia serpentaria, Virginia snakeroot
- Aletris farinosa, Star grass
- American medical botany. Vol. III.--part II
- Rhododendron maximum, American rose bay
- Euphorbia ipecacuanha, Ipecacuanha spurge
- Euphorbia corollata, Large flowering spurge
- Polygala rubella, Bitter polygala
- Nymphæa odorata, Sweet scented water lily
- Prinos verticillatus, Black alder
- Sabbatia angularis, American centaury
- Erythronium americanum, Common erythronium
- Xanthoxylum fraxineum, Prickly ash
- Humulus lupulus, Common hop
- Notes
- Appendix
- Systematic index
- Latin index
- English index
- Contents of the third volume
- [Original covers]
- [Cover]