A botanic guide to health and the natural pathology of disease / [Albert Isaiah Coffin].
- Albert Isaiah Coffin
- Date:
- 1846
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A botanic guide to health and the natural pathology of disease / [Albert Isaiah Coffin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![speaking, a coffee, with milk and sugar, may be given freely. GERANIUM MACULATUM, OR CRANES BILL. There are several sorts of the geranium, the common dove’s foot, being one; but the maculatum is the best for medicinal purposes. It is a good remedy in cases of cholera infanta, or child’s cholera; also for hemor- rhage, or bleeding of the lungs and bowels, and in all relaxed or debilitated states of the body. In low coun- tries, where ague abounds, if constantly used, it will prevent bilious complaints, as well as a disordered state || of the bowels. Hooper admits this root to be a gong substitute for Peruvian bark. When simmered with | honey, it is good for sore mouths in children. QUERCUS RUBRA, OR OAK, very astringent, and should be used only when a strong” astringent is required, as in the dysentery, or long stand | ing looseness of the bowels; it may be mixed with avens root, or cranes bill, or red raspberry leaves, to good ad- |} | vantage. Dr. Buchan is of opinion, “that if the prop-— | erties of this bark were generally known, there would . | not be any necessity for the introduction of Peruvian |} bark into this country.” I never use this medicine |} without cayenne, or ginger root, to assist its operations; — }| and indeed, I would always recommend the free use of |} some stimulant, in conjunction with oe astringent |] medicines, ie : 3 ; CINCHONA, OR PERUVIAN BARK TREE, ALSO CALLED j JESUIT’S BARK.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29320641_0124.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
