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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![of raspberry, or blackberry preserves, and one pound of ] sugar; a spoonful may be taken whenever the epugs {| becomes troublesome. QUASSIA AMARA, OR QUASSIA WwooD OF THE SHOPS. — This tree of which the wood is used, is a native of | the West Indies, and one of the most remarkable cir- | cumstances in its history is, that its properties were || discovered by a NEGRO SLAVE, whose name it has since |} borne. This negro possessed the power (through his || knowledge of the virtues of this tree), of curing the || most fatal fevers, with which his native country, (Suri- |} nam), abounded: for a valuable consideration he was || at length induced to give up his secret to one Daniel || Rolander, a Swede, who first brought specimens ‘to’ |] Europe, in the year 1756. The above fact is recorded || by Hooper, in his Medical Dictionary, page 1102, | seventh edition. On what ground or pretext can any || || of the faculty, after reading the above acknowledgement, |} | brand with the name of auack any person who professes || | to have discovered a remedy, wherewith to alleviate the || | sufferings of man, when they themselves are compelled || | first given to them by the hand of a negro slave, who | || had never learned to read or write; and yet the || | learned of that day were compelled to purchase his |} | knowledge with a considerable quantity of gold; thus || | admitting the wisdom of this unsophisticated child of |} nature, to be immensely superior to their own, though |} remark of Dr. R., who in is advice to medical students, | || says, “‘when you go abroad to practice, always take || with you a memorandum book, and whenever you he | an old woman say, such and such herbs are good,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29320641_0132.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
