The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
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The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London
Author
Gerard, John, 1545-1612.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip Ioice Norton and Richard Whitakers,
anno 1633.
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Botany -- Pre-Linnean works -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Gardens -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"The herball or Generall historie of plantes. Gathered by Iohn Gerarde of London Master in Chirurgerie very much enlarged and amended by Thomas Iohnson citizen and apothecarye of London." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01622.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 22, 2025.
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¶ The vertues.
The Root of Hyacinth boyled in Wine and drunke, stoppeth the belly, prouoketh vrine, and [ A] helpeth against the venomous bitings of the field Spider.
The seed is of the same vertue, and is of greater force in stopping the laske and bloudy flix. Be∣ing [ B] drunke in wine it preuaileth against the falling sicknesse.
The roots, after the opinion of Dioscorides, being beaten and applied with white Wine, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 [ C] or keepe backe the growth of haires.
‡ The seed giuen with Southerne-wood in Wine is good against the Iaundice. ‡ [ D]
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