Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated ... and illustrated with notes, by Peter Shaw.

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1730
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Credit: Pharmacopoeia Edinburgensis: or, the dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh / Translated ... and illustrated with notes, by Peter Shaw. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cannabisy Hemp. Its Seed. Capparis, Caper-Bufh. The Bark of its Root, and the Buds of its Flower. Caprifolium [Periclymenum] Wood-Bine, or Honey-Suckle. Its Leaves and Flowers. Capjicum, Guinea Pepper. Its Fruit. Car anna. Its Rofin. Car da momumwajus'CYh egr e at er C ar d amom* ———— —— minus $ The leffer S Its Seed. j * There are three kinds of Cardamom 5 the great, the middle and the leflfer. The great is the fame with Grains of Paradife, which are the feed of a piant, con¬ tained in a fort of pod or fig, of a tolerably good red co¬ lour; the feed it felf being triangular, and fomewhat reddifh without, but white within, efpecially when it is frefh. The middle Cardamom-plant, has its leaves pointed, indented, and growing three together like trefoil. Its pods or husks are two or three inches long, and of a triangular figure. The feed alfo is triangular, a little furrow’d, and flat at the end. The plant creeps upon the ground without rifing much above it. The leffer Cardamom is gather’d in the kingdom of Cananor, upon a mountain 18 or 20 miles from the fea j this being the only place in the world where it grows. Its husk is triangular, of a colour between white andgreyifh, a lit¬ tle furrow’d, and much fmaller than thofe of the mid¬ dle cardamom,containing feveral very fmall rough grains, almoft like fo much meal. The land where this plant grows is exceeding valuable, as requiring no cultivation nor fowing ; nothing more being requifite to make it pro¬ duce than to burn up the weeds after the rains, which caufe them to grow, are fallen. The Sun foon dries and fits them for this purpofe; and their afhes enrich the ground and difpofe it to yield Cardamom. But nearly the whole crop of that which is fine and moil valuable is confumed in the Eaft j the inhabitants ufing it to lea- ion their rice : a finall quantity however is brought into Europe by the Englijfr and Dutch Ships. Di Elion. de Commerce. Cardiaca*
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