Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated and improved from the third edition of the Latin. And illustrated with notes by Peter Shaw.

  • Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Date:
1740
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated and improved from the third edition of the Latin. And illustrated with notes by Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Sefanum, Oily purging Grain. 1 Sejeli MaJJilienJe, Hart-wort of> Its Seed. Marfeilles., ^ Sigillum Solomonis [.Polygonatum] Solomon's Seal. The Root. SV&r montanum [Sejeli vulgare] Hart-wort. Its Seed. Sinapi, Muftard. The Seed. Solanum lethale, Deadly Nightfhade. The Plant. — vulgarey Nightfhade of the Shops. The Plant and its Berries. Sophia Chirurgorum, Flix-weed. Its Seed. Sorbus, The Service-tree. Its Fruit and Bark. Spica vulgaris [Lavendula anguflifolia] Com¬ mon Spike or Lavender. The Plant. Spina alba [Oxyacantha vulgaris] White- Thorn. Its Flowers and Berries. Spongia, Sponge. Staphyfagria, Stavefacre. Its Seed. Stcechas Arabic a y Arabian Stoechas. Its Flow¬ ers. St or ax calamital folid 7- ^ ^ r 7. •? X* .jhbtoraxL Phe Koiin. —■ liquida jliquid) Subery * There feem to be three kinds of Storax; viz. the red, the calamite, and the liquid. The red, called alfo the In- csnfc of the jews, is a gum or rolin flowing, by incifion, from the trunk, and larger branches of a middling tree, re- fembling the Quince-tree in the figure and colour of its leaves ; tho’ they are fomewhat fmaller. Its fruit, which is about the fize of a filbert, contains a white and oily al¬ mond, having the perfect fcent of Storax. Its flowers are white
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