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THE COMPLETE HERBAL; TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED, UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED ADDITIONAL HERBS, WITH A DISPLAY OF THEIR Medicinal and Occult Qualities PHYSICALLY APPLIED TO THE CURE OF ALL DISORDERS INCIDENT TO MANKIND: TO WHICH ARE NOW FIRST ANNEXED, THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLARGED, AND KEY TO PHYSIC. WITH RULES FOR COMPOUNDING MEDICINE ACCORDING TO THE TRUE SYSTEM OF NATURE. FORMING A COMPLETE FAMILY DISPENSATORY AND NATURAL SYSTEM OF PHYSIC.

———————————— BY NICHOLAS CULPEPER, M.D. ———————————— TO WHICH IS ALSO ADDED, UPWARDS OF FIFTY CHOICE RECEIPTS, SELECTED FROM THE AUTHOR’S LAST LEGACY TO HIS WIFE. A NEW EDITION, WITH A LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES TO WHICH THE HUMAN BODY IS LIABLE, AND A GENERAL INDEX. Illustrated by Engravings of numerous British Herbs and Plants, correctly coloured from nature. ——————— “The Lord hath created Medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them.”—Ecc. xxxviii. 4. ——————— LONDON: THOMAS KELLY, 17, PATERNOSTER ROW. ——— MDCCCL.

LONDON; A. CROSS, PRINTER, 89, PAUL STREET, FINSBURY.

PLATE 1.

AlexanderAgrimonyAlkanet

AllhealAmara Dulcis or Bitter SweetAmaranthus

Adders TongueAngelicaAlehoof or Ground Ivy

PLATE 2.

Garden ArrachAvensArs smart

BasilArchangelBeets

Yellow BedstrawWhite BedstrawWater Betony

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PLATE 3.

Bird’s FootBishop’s WeedBistort or Snakeweed

White BrionyBorageBrooklime

Bucks-horn PlantainBrank UrsineBlue Bottle

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PLATE 4.

BurdockButter-burWall Bugloss

BugleCamomileCarraway

CentauryWild CarrotCelandine

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PLATE 5.

ChervillComfryCleavers

ColtsfootCrabs Claws or Fresh water SoldierCowslip

ColumbineShrub CinquefoilCostmary

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PLATE 6.

CrowfootCuckow PointWater Cress

CudweedCrosswortDill

DandelionDaisyDevils Bit

PLATE 7.

EringoEyebrightElecampane

DockDragonsDog’s Grass

DropwortDove’s FootBloody Dock

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PLATE 8.

FoxgloveFlower-de-luceFigwort

FleawortFumitoryFluellin

FennelFlaxweedFeverfew

PLATE 9.

Wall Hawkweed.Hart’s Tongue.Mouse-ear Hawkweed.

Gentian.Golden Rod.Galingal.

Clove Gilliflower.Groundsel.Germander.

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PLATE 10.

Longrooted HawkweedHearts EaseHounds Tongue

Herb RobertMarsh PennywortWhite Horehound

HenbaneTrueloveHemlock

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PLATE 11.

KnapweedLady’s MantleLadysmock

Sea LavenderWater LilyLiquorice

Loosestrife or WillowherbLiver WortLily of the Valley

PLATE 12

LovageLungwortLoosestrife or Wood Willow-herb

MaidenhairField MadderMarsh Mallow

MarigoldMelilotMasterwort

PLATE 13.

Mouse EarMoon-wortField Mouse Ear

Yellow Money-wortBlack MulleinMother-wort

Mug-wortWhite MulleinWhite Mustard

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PLATE 14.

Black MustardCommon NightshadeDeadly Nightshade

NepNailwortOrpine

Cow ParsnipRock ParsleyWild Parsnip

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PLATE 15.

Pellitory of the WallPeriwinklePepper-wort

PimpernelPlantainPolypody

White PoppyCorn Rose PoppyPrimrose

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PLATE 16.

PrivetQueen of the MeadowMeadow Rue

Cress RocketRattle GrassRocket Cress

RagwortRapture WortSaffron

PLATE 17.

Meadow SaxifrageGreat SanicleSamphire

Garden ScurvygrassScabiousShepherd’s Purse

Saracen’s ConfoundSelf-healBurnet Saxifrage

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PLATE 18.

Yellow SuccorySolomon’s SealWild Succory

SpignelWood SorrelCommon Sorrel

SmallageSow ThistleTansy

PLATE 19.

Treacle MustardTustanThorough Wax

Tooth-wortTrefoilTormentil

Lady’s ThistleWild TeazleCotton Thistle

PLATE 20.

VervainValerianViper’s Bugloss

WoadWoodbineWall Flower

WormwoodSea WormwoodYarrow

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