Ye Plants and Their Common Uses in Physick, 1739

“ye plants and their common uses in physick. Vol. I ” c.1739


A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick- J. Norse – c.1739

 

The Female Hemp:  Cannabis Foemina

“The seed being boiled in milk, till it cracks, is accounted good for old coughs, and a specific to cure the jaundice.”

 

 


“Cannabis foemina” “The female hemp” engraving from “A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick- J. Norse – c.1739”

 

Description of “Cannabis foemina” “The female hemp” engraving from “A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick- J. Norse – c.1739”

 

 

In Color “Cannabis foemina” “The female hemp” engraving from “A curious herbal, containing five hundred cuts of the most useful plants, which are now used in the practice of physick- J. Norse – c.1739”