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Engraved botanical plate of a Strychnos nux-vomica branch with white flower clusters, broad leaves, a round seed, and a small flower detail on a white page.

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].

Black-and-white engraved botanical plate showing a flowering branch of Strychnos nux-vomica, with two clusters of small white flowers, broad leaves with curved veins, and a round seed beside a small flower detail. The caption 'Strychnos Nux vomica' and the page number 79 appear below and at upper right.

Artist
William Woodville
Date
1832
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
3047 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1832.
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: Grabado de Strychnos nux-vomica, Botánica médica de Woodville

Lámina botánica en grabado blanco y negro que muestra una rama florida de Strychnos nux-vomica, con dos racimos de pequeñas flores blancas, hojas anchas de nervaduras curvas y una semilla redonda junto a un detalle de flor pequeña. La leyenda 'Strychnos Nux vomica' y el número de página 79 aparecen abajo y arriba a la derecha.

Português: Gravura de Strychnos nux-vomica, Botânica médica de Woodville

Prancha botânica gravada em preto e branco mostrando um ramo florido de Strychnos nux-vomica, com dois cachos de pequenas flores brancas, folhas largas de nervuras curvas e uma semente redonda ao lado de um detalhe de flor pequena. A legenda 'Strychnos Nux vomica' e o número de página 79 aparecem embaixo e no canto superior direito.