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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    November 2014
    March 2014
    ISBN:
    9781107252745
    9781108069304
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107252745
    Dimensions:
    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    1.19kg, 828 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, History of Science, Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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    Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, History of Science, Life Sciences, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, General Science
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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    First published in 1874 and reissued here in its second edition of 1879, this substantial work provides information on the vegetable material medica used by Victorian pharmacists, principally in Britain but also in India. Arranging the entries according to the type of plant from which each drug is derived, Daniel Hanbury (1825–75) and Friedrich August Flückiger (1828–94) give a description of each drug as well as covering its botanical origin and history, including its first medicinal application. They also discuss chemical composition, referring to the investigations of other scientists as well as their own, and comment on microscopic structure. Intending to create a broad reference work rather than an encyclopaedia, the authors chose not to focus on the therapeutic applications of the drugs. In many instances, however, they give some information on how the plant products are used. The appendix provides short biographical and bibliographical notes.

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