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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...is shown in Fig. 261, showing a section of the bark by reflected light, enlarged; Fig. 262 is a section of a bundle, much enlarged, showing minute structure to which this beaded appearance is due, and a small fragment of one of the bast-bundles is also shown in longitudinal section; no odor, taste bitter and slightly astringent.--C. Various resins, a glucoside, tannin, etc.--U. Tonic, febrifuge and vermifuge; seldom used. Dose: 5 to 10 grams in infusion or fluid extract. Rubus N. Blackberry Root Bark.--0. The bark of the roots of Rubus Fig. 263. villosus (blackberry), R. Canadensis (dewberry), and R. trivialis; Rosacea.--H. United States.--D. Thin, tough, flexible bands, sometimes flattish, more often quilled; the outer surface blackish or blackish-gray, inner surface pale brown, often with strips of white wood adhering; fracture rather tough and fibrous, whitish; a large proportion of the drug consists of the smaller rootlets entire; a section of the bark shows the bast in rather broad, obliquely radiate wedges, some of which are made up of the bast of two or more bundles; the drug is odorless, with astringent and slightly bitter taste.--C. 10 to 12 per cent tannin, the bitter glucoside villosin, etc.--U. Astringent tonic. Dose: 5 to 10 grams, best as fluid extract. Berberis N. Barberry Bark (must not be confounded with the rhizome and roots of Berberis Aquifolium, which is also called "Berberis").--0. The bark of Berberis vulgaris; Berberidaceet.--H. Europe and Asia; naturalized in America.--D. Thin fragments, outer surface brown or brownish-gray, inner surface yellow, separating in thin shreds or sheets; a clean-cut section of a soaked piece shows an outer dark brown corky layer, a middle bark of light yellow color, abruptly marked off from dar...
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- PublisherRarebooksclub.com
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1130248054
- ISBN 13 9781130248050
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages166
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