Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie].
- Whitelaw Ainslie
- Date:
- 1813
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan's and agriculturist's nomenclature / [Sir Whitelaw Ainslie]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![) ) sae i has long been a source of regret that there was no where to be found a cotreet : list of what particular articles of the British Materia Medica could be procufed ia the Bazars of Hindoostan, with their names in the languages which are spoke in the is with'a view of remedying these evils, in some measure, that the following Catalogue is uow presented to the Public, =~ I ‘should have been extremely happy to have had it in my power to render this work more complete in what regards the ‘lamool Materia Medica ; which has, I fear, hitherto been too much neglected: I have? however, been able to include many articles of high repute, aml, acknowledged efficacy ; as well‘owing to the assistance I have: received from a cejehrated Tamool work of Aghastier, on the practice of Medicine, (entitled ‘‘ Aghastier Vytia Anyouroo,”) as from information [ fortunately obtained from several _ As might naturally be supposed, some of the drugs mentioned in that part of the Ist Catalogue, which treats of the British Materia Medica, cannot be found in these pro- vinces in such quantities as to preclude the necessity of regular supplies from established stores ; nor are they always to be met with of the best quality ; yet it may he gratify ing to know what those Medicines are that can be procured, in many of the Bazars, or Gardens of the Natives, i} eases of extremity, Witb regard to the Catalogue of Edible Vegetable produetions, I can safely say that it has been the work of years, Ina country like this, where so great a part of the inha- bitants eat no animal food, 1 had long been anxious-to know what was the extent of” their resources from-another kingdom; (1) and the possession ofa fruitful garden at Saint Thomas’s Mount, together with the kind aid Lever received from that distinguished Botanist, the Reverend Docter Rottler, encoaraged me to pursue. the inquiry. Most of. the articles ] have enumerated were yeared under my own eye, that I might be able the more correctly to judge of them. Many I hadsent to me from the most remote corners of India ; from Oude, from Guzerat, and Travancore ; and a few, which I contd not procure, I have inserted on the authority of those in whom I can well confide. In both Catalogues it will be observed that, when the substance mentioned is of a veget&ble nature, the Botanical name of-the plant is giver, from which it: is obtained ; if, on the other hand, it is not of a vegetable nature, I have subjoined its scientific ap- pellation. In writing the Tamool, Telingoo, Dukhanie, Sanscrit, and other names, in English my opinion, to convey the ¢rue sound, to a person unacquainted with the languages to be expressed, | es In place of the often obscure and unfamiliar Engliss names, which have been given by the Botanists of Europe.to some-of the: trees and shrubs of tropical countries, I have, in several instances, taken-the liberty of substituting the common Indian terms ; by which means, the articles may, with greater facility, be obtained from the Native practitioners. -Altho’ the proper scientific appellations of several of the: plants, it will be seen, have a) the hope that, by the exertions of others, at some future period, such defects may be happi'y remedied. | aah 4 4 The (1) The vegetable kingdom,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33279056_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
