Excerpt from C. E. Hobbs' Botanical Hand-Book of Common Local, English, Botanical and Pharmacopoeial Names Arranged in Alphabetical Order, of Most of the Crude Vegetable Drugs, Etc;, In Common Use: Their Properties, Productions and Uses, in an Abbreviated Form, Especially Designed as a Reference Book for Druggists and Apothecaries; In Three Parts
In the compilation of this work the author has consulted the best stand ard authorities and works on Materia Medica, as well as the medical publi cations of the day during the past twelve years, and the chief difficulty was what to leave out, rather than what to include, and not injure the book as a work of reference. An experience of eighteen years in the botanic drug business, materially assisted in the selection of matter for this work.
In the second part of the book will be found the botanical name, refer ring to_the most common name that the drug or plant is known by, the third column giving the medical properties, or product of the same.
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