Experiments and observations on the cortex salicis latifoliae, or broad-leafed willow bark ... with general observations ... on ... the cinchona, etc. General history ... or the salix latifolia; with ... cases demonstrating its superior efficacy above the cinchona in various diseases ... / By G. Wilkinson.

  • Wilkinson, George
Date:
[1803]
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Credit: Experiments and observations on the cortex salicis latifoliae, or broad-leafed willow bark ... with general observations ... on ... the cinchona, etc. General history ... or the salix latifolia; with ... cases demonstrating its superior efficacy above the cinchona in various diseases ... / By G. Wilkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eae] The farne geritlemari obferves, ‘ that the mode of propagating it, is by cuttings of two or three years growth, and of about three feet long, “ which fhould be ftuck half way into the ground é be &¢ in the latter end of autumn, or beginning of fpring: It grows rapidly; extending to the “¢ height of eight feet in three years.” From the eafe with which it may be raifed, being remarka- bly rapid in its growth, there can be little doubt that its cultivation and increafe will hereafter be: come of confiderable importance, and many pieces of ground, otherwife unprodu@tive and of little ufe, may perhaps be planted with a tree that can- not but bring profit, and which will amply com- penfate for the little trouble employed in its culti- vation, efpecially as it may be conveniently plant- ed in hedges, where little or no room will be taken up» When the bark once gets generally intro- duced into practice, it muft become an object with the druggilts to keep it in their fhops, to fupply the apothecaries. $6 The moft proper time of gatheting the bark is in May, June, and until the middle of July, as after this period, it is found to adhere fo firmly to the tree, as not eafily to be peeled off, neither does it appear {fo vigorous or juicy, as 1 have found from experi-_ ence. It fhould be cut into pieces, not more than five inches in length, and the large thick bark to be one or two inches in breadth. This mult be done Ea