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Excerpt from A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants Although the compiler cannot boast of so critical 3 knowledge of Botany as Of some other departments of Natural History, he is yet sufficiently aware of the difficulties which the student of that science has to encounter, and has been deeply im pressed with the importance of precise characters and pure language in every science. It is therefore confidently hoped that the work will prove ...

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In 1775, the physician and botanist William Withering (1741-99) was informed of a folk cure for dropsy that had as its active ingredient the foxglove (Digitalis purpurea). Ten years later, after thorough trials on more than 150 patients, Withering published this pioneering monograph on the plant's medicinal applications.

The first systematic botanical guide in English to the appearance, qualities and uses of British native plants, published in 1776.

The first systematic botanical guide in English to the appearance, qualities and uses of British native plants, published in 1776.

The first systematic botanical guide in English to the appearance, qualities and uses of British native plants, published in 1776.

Excerpt from An Account of the Scarlet Fever and Sore Throat, or Scarlatina Anginosa: Particularly as It Appeared at Birmingham in the Year 1778 In the beginning of November it was rarely met with, but towards the middle of that month, when the air became warmer, it increased again, and in some measure resumed those appearances which it possessed in the summer months, but had lost during the cold winds in October. It affected children more t...

Excerpt from A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants Every body knows how much the writings of the late Sir James E. Smith, of Dr. Hooker, Lightfoot, and other English botanists, have tended to diffuse a taste for botanical pursuits. Their works at least could not be overlooked. Original descriptions have occasionally been furnished, and. Various particulars rela tive to the uses of plants added, by the compiler, who is sorry that he has n...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

William Withering (1741-1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and the discoverer of digitalis. In 1776, he published The Botanical Arrangement of all the Vegetables Naturally Growing in Great Britain, an early and influential British Flora. It was the first in English based on the then new Linnaean taxonomy - a classification of all living things - devised by the eminent Swedish botanist and physician Carolus Linnaeus (1...

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, ...