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
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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 April 28, 2025.
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¶ The Vertues.
This shrubby plant hath so many singular and excellent vertues contained in it, that some haue [ A] called it by the name Chiliodunamis, that is, hauing an hundred properties.
It is very 〈◊〉〈◊〉 against the stinging of Scorpions, and (as some write) if a man hold it in his [ B] hand, he cannot be hurt with the biting of any venomous beast.
Being taken in vineger it is very good for those that are spleneticke, and whose spleen or Milt is [ C] affected with oppilations or stoppings.
If the root be taken in wine it helpeth against the bloudy flix, it prouoketh vrine being drunke [ D] with water, scoureth away grauell, and easeth the paine and ache called the Sciatica.
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