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Virtues of British herbs. [electronic resource] : With their history, and figures, and an account of...

Virtues of British herbs. [electronic resource] : With their history, and figures, and an account of...

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Virtues of British herbs. [electronic resource] : With their history, and figures, and an account of the diseases they will cure; containing, cures-of consumptions by coltsfoot tea; of hectic fevers by the ... of colics by leaves of chamomile; of agues by its flowers. And a case, of the hooping cough, cured by a tea of the fresh root of elecampane. Cures-of the gravel by a tea of golden-rod; of the scurvy by ...; of the piles by yarrow; an account of the eminent virtues of petasite root in pestilential and all other fevers, and the plague itself: of tanzy for the worms; consound as a vulnerary; and an instance of a stomach-complaint cured by a tea of the flowers of sweet feverfew. By John Hill, M.D. member of the Imperial Academy.

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Virtues of British herbs. [electronic resource] : With their history, and figures, and an account of the diseases they will cure; containing, cures-of consumptions by coltsfoot tea; of hectic fevers by the ... of colics by leaves of chamomile; of agues by its flowers. And a case, of the hooping cough, cured by a tea of the fresh root of elecampane. Cures-of the gravel by a tea of golden-rod; of the scurvy by ...; of the piles by yarrow; an account of the eminent virtues of petasite root in pestilential and all other fevers, and the plague itself: of tanzy for the worms; consound as a vulnerary; and an instance of a stomach-complaint cured by a tea of the flowers of sweet feverfew. By John Hill, M.D. member of the Imperial Academy.

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London : Printed for R. Baldwin, J. Ridley; J. Nourse; Dilly; T. Becket; P. Elmsly; J. Campbell; Millan; Robson; Hookham; Donaldson; Gardner; Bladon; Hooyer; Wheble, and Pearce, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

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M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

Record Identifier

74VKpVRyZZBO

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991019305179702626

Language

English

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[2],v-x,[1],12-106,[4],50,[2]p.,plates ; 8°.

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Publisher

London : Printed for R. Baldwin, J. Ridley; J. Nourse; Dilly; T. Becket; P. Elmsly; J. Campbell; Millan; Robson; Hookham; Donaldson; Gardner; Bladon; Hooyer; Wheble, and Pearce, M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

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England

Date Published

M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Virtues of British herbs. [electronic resource] : With their history, and figures, and an account of the diseases they will cure; containing, cures-of consumptions by coltsfoot tea; of hectic fevers by the ... of colics by leaves of chamomile; of agues by its flowers. And a case, of the hooping cough, cured by a tea of the fresh root of elecampane....

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General note

Also issued as part of: 'Medical and botanical tracts', London, 1772.

In three parts.

No.3 has a separate half-title, and titlepage with an imprint and date reading: 'London: printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin; J. Ridley; .. M.DCC.LXXII.

Nos.1-2 are reissues of the 4th edition, 1771.

P.vii is misnumbered vi.

Reproduction of original from British Library....

Citation / References Note

ESTC T50937.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKpVRyZZBO

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpVRyZZBO

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991019305179702626