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.
Publication
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 24, 2025.
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¶ The Vertues.
Hippocrates hath commended it in meats; for sallads and Pot-hearbs: but by the authoritie of [ A] Glaucon and 〈◊〉〈◊〉, it is effectuall in medicine, hauing the taste and sauour of Hypericon, seruing in the place thereof for wounds, and is taken by Tragus for Panax Chironium, who doth reckon it inter Herbas vulnerarias.
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The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 stamped with salt and wine, and applied, doe consume and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 away the swelling [ B] of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, called the Kings euill, and are vsed against the stone and Grauell.
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