American Medical Botany: Being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United StatesCummings and Hilliard, 1817 - 4 páginas The importance of Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany, being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, lies in its illustrations. Along with William Barton's Vegetable Materia Medica, publication of which was almost simultaneous, Bigelow's book was one of the first two American botanical books with colored illustrations. More significantly, Bigelow's work was the first book published in the United States to have plates printed in colors. Like Barton, Bigelow originally intended to illustrate his massive work in traditional fashion with hand-colored copperplates, hiring the engraver William B. Annin and numerous colorists to produce the plates for Vol. I, part 1. But, finding this process too slow and expensive, Bigelow searched for a method that would allow the swift and easy application of color directly onto the plate, as well as allow rapid cleaning of the plate between impressions. Richard Wolfe showed that Bigelow turned to a printing process involving etched stone, a technique developed in Europe shortly before Alois Senefelder's invention of lithography in 1795-1796; it is likely, however, that Bigelow and his engravers discovered this technique independently, as printing from stone was little known in America at this time. |
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... given ; the result of such chemical examina- tions as I have been able to make of its constitu- ent parts , and lastly its medical history . The botanical account will be found more diffuse than is necessary for exclusive botanists ...
... given ; the result of such chemical examina- tions as I have been able to make of its constitu- ent parts , and lastly its medical history . The botanical account will be found more diffuse than is necessary for exclusive botanists ...
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... circumstance in Europe has undeservedly given rise to the opinion , that it is originally an American plant . Its native country , however , is doubtful , from the want of authentic descriptions of sufficient antiquity . One 3.
... circumstance in Europe has undeservedly given rise to the opinion , that it is originally an American plant . Its native country , however , is doubtful , from the want of authentic descriptions of sufficient antiquity . One 3.
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... given testimony to its efficacy in certain forms of these disorders , yet the instances of its failure have doubtless been more frequent than those of its success . In Murray's Apparatus Medicaminum may be found a sum- mary of the ...
... given testimony to its efficacy in certain forms of these disorders , yet the instances of its failure have doubtless been more frequent than those of its success . In Murray's Apparatus Medicaminum may be found a sum- mary of the ...
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... Given in moderate quantities , either in substance or in cold infusion or decoction , it promotes digestion , strengthens the viscera , and restores tone to the system . Like other vegetable bitters , if given in large quantities ...
... Given in moderate quantities , either in substance or in cold infusion or decoction , it promotes digestion , strengthens the viscera , and restores tone to the system . Like other vegetable bitters , if given in large quantities ...
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... given by some practitioners in the country for flatulence , cramp in the stomach , & c . also for * The acrimony of the Ranunculi , which approaches that of the Arum , is lost by drying , yet is soluble in water , and passes over with ...
... given by some practitioners in the country for flatulence , cramp in the stomach , & c . also for * The acrimony of the Ranunculi , which approaches that of the Arum , is lost by drying , yet is soluble in water , and passes over with ...
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