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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![TEUCRIUM SCORODONIA OR WOOD SAGE. A common perennial herb of this country’s growth ; in appearance, it much resembles the garden sage. . It is an excellent bitter, and removes obstructions from the kidneys and liver; as.a diuretic, it acts freely upon the bladder; it likewise cleanses old sores; if taken in a green state, and mixed with linseed, or oatmeal, makes a good poultice, and may be applied to old | sores, or inflammations, with good effect. When a | student, under Dr. Ely, of America, a large wart, or | tumor, appeared upon my right hand, on the back joint jj of my middle finger. It continued to increase, until it became as large as a small hen’s egg: it had a cancerous look, and was of the colour of liver. Every means resoited to for its removal appeared to fail; for many weeks my hand and arm were rendered useless, and I suffered extremely from the violence of the pain. | Several of the doctors of the neighbourhood | advised || me to have it cut away. Acting upon their advice, I rode over a distance of nine callie to an eminent sur- || -geon, intending him to perform the operation; but he |] was absent, and could not be found at the time, and I | returned home without seeing him. In order to allay | the pain, which had much increased through the exertion A ae had made in riding, I requested my mother to make ~mne a poultice of Indian meal, (much resembl 1g 0 meal), and wood sage, used in the green st](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29320641_0140.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
