Historia rei herbariae / Curth Sprengel.

Date:
1897-1808
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Credit: Historia rei herbariae / Curth Sprengel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    fidici filius, Miltiadi tempore aequalis , 'ultimi au- ] tem, Thymbraei et Praxianactis filii, Ptolemaei i Philadelphi tempore vixerunt. Per totum id du- centorum quinquaginta annorum fpatium compofiti funt libri illi, qui unius Hippocratis, Heraclidis filii nomen gerunt fCf. Jdft. meam med. i , p. 566 L). Univerfa plantarum cognitio his medicis aucto- ribus folummodo valet ad medicamenta inde peten- da. Nusquam defcriptio occurrit, qualem noftra tempora eam volunt. Nomina nonnunquam omit- tuntur ipfa, e. g.: „ Planta, cuius folium Aro firnile „ elt, fed album et lanuginofum , atque hederae fo- lium magnitudine aequat” ( ulc. p.8'j8.). Alibi (morb. mul. 1. 62.6.) „dulcis OAOKCovtTige< citatur. Galenus (expo/, voc. Hipp. 534-) ali- ter eam vocem explicare nequit, quam per oleris ^ cuiusdam fylveltris fpeciem. Hanc plantam Melch. ';i G uilandinus arbitratur (ad Conr. Gefner. in- ter Matthiol. epift. 2 , 85. J, Cyperum efculentum effe. Ipfi etiam Conr. Gefnerus adftipulans, Moly omnino Diofcoridis adiungit (ib. p. 92.). (|, Sed refutat uberrime et fufficienter Ma tthiolus fl (ib. p. 96,). Sic bis (morb. mul. 2, 644* spid. 5 , 1 a 51. ^ „ radix “ xcjt’ laudatur. G ale. |j, nus (l. c. 554-.J arbitratur, plantam intelligi jj( fine caule, floreae fructu, cuius terna folia duos digitos lata humi procumbant. E qua quidem ex- plicatione nemo poterit plantarum fpeciem deter ft,
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