The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ...
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The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ...
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Pechey, John, 1655-1716.
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London :: Printed for Henry Bonwicke ...,
1694.
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Herbs -- Early works to 1800.
Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.
Botany -- Pre-Linnean works.
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"The compleat herbal of physical plants containing all such English and foreign herbs, shrubs and trees as are used in physick and surgery ... : the doses or quantities of such as are prescribed by the London-physicians and others are proportioned : also directions for making compound-waters, syrups simple and compound, electuaries ... : moreover the gums, balsams, oyls, juices, and the like, which are sold by apothecaries and druggists are added to this herbal, and their irtues and uses are fully described / by John Pechey ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.
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Ivy-leav'd, Water-Crow-foot, in Latin Ranunculus
aquaticus, or Hederaceus al∣bus.
The Stalks of it are
round, solid, lie along, and
are jointed; from the Joints
whereof, the Plant spreads
it self much, by many white
Fibres. The Leaves are
placed at the Joints, with
pretty long Foot-stalks;
they are triangular, and
somewhat like Ivy-leaves;
they are smooth, shining,
and sometimes have a black
Spot upon them. The
Flowers grow on the
Stalks, opposite to the
Leaves; they are small,
and have five sharp Leaves.
The Cup is divided into
five parts, and is white.
An Head of Seeds succeed
the Flowers, of the bigness
of the common Vetch: The
Seeds are not sharp. It
grows plentifully in Brooks,
and Ditches that have Wa∣ter
in them; especially on
Sandy Ground.
The following Medicine
is excellent for the Scurvy
and Dropsie: Take of the
Tops of Alder, Ivy-leav'd-Water-Crow-foot
and Sage,
each one Handful; infuse
them one Night in White-wine,
and drink the Infu∣sion.
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