Medical botany. Containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates of all the medicinal plants, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin; together with the principal medicinal plants not included in those pharmocopoeias. Accompanied with a circumstantial detail of their medicinal effects, and of the diseases in which they have been most successfully employed / [William Woodville].
An engraved botanical plate shows a flowering branch of Cinchona officinalis with large oval leaves, pale star-shaped blossoms, and clustered buds arranged along a central stem. The fine hatched line work is set on a plain light background, with the Latin plant name lettered in script at the bottom.
- Artist
- William Woodville
- Date
- 1832
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 2906 × 4000 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
Español: Cinchona officinalis, lámina botánica grabada
Una lámina botánica grabada muestra una rama florida de Cinchona officinalis, con hojas grandes y ovaladas, flores pálidas en forma de estrella y botones agrupados a lo largo de un tallo central. El trazo fino de rayado se sobre un fondo claro y liso, con el nombre latino de la planta escrito en cursiva en la parte inferior.
Português: Cinchona officinalis, prancha botânica gravada
Uma prancha botânica gravada mostra um ramo florido de Cinchona officinalis, com folhas grandes e ovais, flores pálidas em forma de estrela e botões agrupados ao longo de um caule central. O traço fino de hachuras se destaca sobre um fundo claro e liso, com o nome latino da planta escrito em letra cursiva na parte inferior.
