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].
A hand-coloured botanical plate shows a flowering stem of black henbane with pale yellow, purple-veined blossoms, green seed capsules in cups, and large lobed leaves. The plant is drawn against a cream background with its Latin name printed below and the page number 70 at upper right.
- Artist
- William Woodville
- Date
- 1832
- Medium
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 2986 × 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
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