The Flora Homoeopathica (Volume 1); Or, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Medicinal Plants Used as Homoeopathic Remedies

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1852. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... ATROPA BELLADONNA. Common JDwale, Deadly Nightshade. Synonyms.--Belladonna, Saii Syn. Solanum maniucum; Sol. furiosum, Olim. Sol. lethale, Ger. Em. 340; Park. 346; Clus. Hist., pp. 86, 166. Sol. mclanoceros,Bauhin, Tliv. Sol. somniferum, Buch. Hist. Scot.; Lobel. Bell, trichotoma, Atropa lethality Salisb. Prodr. Sol. sylvaticum, Gesner. Scop. Corn. SoL Hortenso, Tragus. Sol. magus, Matthiolus. SoL lethale, Geranie. Atropa Belladonna, Lin., Sp. Plant., 260, etc. Foreign Names.--FY... Belladone. Ital.: Belladonna. Span, and Port... Belladona. Germ.: Tollkirsche. Hut.: Besiedraagend doodkruit; Doodclyke naghtschade. Swed.: Wargbar. Han.: Natskade. Suss.: Krasavitsa, Odurnik. Arab.: Inubas saleb. Pers.: Borbah turbuc. Hind.: Sug-unggor. Nat. Order, Solanee.--Pentandria, Monogynia. Gen. Chas.--Calyx five, partite. Corolla campanulate, twice the length of calyx; the lobes equal. Stamens distinct. Berry of two cells. Spec. Chae.--Stem herbaceous. Leaves ovate, undivided. Flowers axillary, on short peduncles, solitary. History.--Like most of the medicinal substances known to the ancient physicians, the early history of Belladonna is involved in uncertainty. Dodonaeus supposed that this plant is synonymous with the Mandragora described by Theophrastus. Dioscorides also (lib. vii. cap. 71), under the name Solanum Hortense, describes a plant which, both in its botanical as well as medicinal character, is very similar to the Atropa. "The seed is round, at first green, then turning black, and is pecu Fig. 1. The corolla and stamens. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Section of the pericarp. liarly efficacious in erysipelas, herpes, parotitis, and disperses swellings of the glands," etc. etc. Pliny (Nat. Hist.,lib. xxi., Holland's Trans.) also describes a Solanum, "which hath leaves li...