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 April 29, 2025.
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¶ The Vertues.
The leaues stamped, and the iuyce sniffed vp into the nose purgeth the head mightily. [ A]
The root champed or chewed procureth spitting, and causeth water and flegme to run forth out [ B] of the mouth, as Pellitorie of Spaine doth.
It profiteth in collyries for the eyes, to cease the inflammation thereof. [ C]
The iuyce mundifieth and clenseth maligne, virulent, and corrosiue vlcers. [ D]
The leaues and stalkes boyled and eaten of Nurses cause them to haue much milke: it prouo∣keth [ E] the termes, and easeth the leprosie, being bathed therewith.
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