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Title: Historia abreviada del Hibiscus-abel-Moschus, de la Datura arbórea, del Mikania-Guaco i del Ophicidia-Cedrón, como contravenos; de Acras-zapote como litotríptico diúretico, i del Malambo como febrífugo i antiespasmódico
Creator: Quijano, Manuel María
Publication Info: Unknown : Unknown, [1858].
Physical Details: 14 x 10 5/10cms.
Illustrations: 20p.

Summary: This pamphlet is a compendium of medicinal plants and fruits from Nueva Granada. It includes descriptions of the plants and clinical observations of their effects on the body.
Donor Notes: Wrappers gone, as is title page, first and last pages are worn interior ones, fair. - J.L.H.
Numbering Notes: An effort at describing the medicinal qualities of various flora and fruits in New Granada, by a medical pioneer.

Subject(s): Medicinal plants -- Colombia

Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Format: JPG
PDF - Color
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: P02663
Record Number: 297
Islandora ID: islandora:633