Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince.

  • Daniel Hanbury
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1876
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Credit: Science papers : chiefly pharmacological and botanical / by Daniel Hanbury ; edited, with memoir, by Joseph Ince. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Roxburgh, Eoyle, or O'Shaughnessy. Honigberger, in speak- ing of the sorts of Salep used at Lahore mentions one re- sembling a dried fig, which I suppose may be the drug under notice, but he gives no account of it. Dr. Lindley's examination of the bulb leads him to the opinion that it is possibly that of some species of Tulip, of which there are four known to occur in Affghanistan. Tidipa Omlus-solis (St. Amans), and some other species, when grown in favourable localities, certainly pro- duce very large bulbs, which .have moreover but few scales; but I am ignorant of any having a scale of such enormous thickness Fig. 3. Royal Salep—Fig. 3, the bulb, Fig. 1, after maceration in water. Fig. 4, longitudinal section of a bulb after maceration. as that seen in the drug under notice. It is obvious, however, that the question of botanical origin cannot be determined from our limited materials. Upon the uses of Badshah Saleb, I can say very little : from the bulb being mucilaginous and saccharine, I presume it may answer some of the purposes for which orchideous tubers are valued. At the same time it has a bitterish and slightly acrid taste that quite unfits it as a substitute for Salep in this country. The decoction of Badshah Saleb is far less mucilaginous than that of true Salep: it is not rendered blue by the addition of a solution of iodine. [iV. Bepert.f. Pharm. vii. 271.] view Uses of Badshah Saleb.
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