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American Medical Botany, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical History and ... Diet and the Arts, with Coloured Engravings - Couverture souple

Jacob Bigelow

 
9781334001901: American Medical Botany, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical History and ... Diet and the Arts, with Coloured Engravings

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Excerpt from American Medical Botany, Vol. 2: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical History and Chemical Analysis, and Properties and Uses in Medicine, Diet and the Arts, With Coloured Engravings

The chemical substances, known by the names of Gum Mucus and Events, are constantly emol lient, demulcent, and nutritious. They manifest these qualities even when extracted from acnid and poisonous vegetables, as in Arum, Calla, and Jatropha.

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