John Floyer, The Touchstone of Medicines (1687)
Date
1687
Author
Book title
ΦAPMAKO-BAΣANOΣ [Pharmako-basanos]: Or, The Touch-stone of Medicines. Discovering the vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals, By Their Tastes & Smells
Publication place
London
Publisher
Michael Johnson
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- fauna
- herbal
- medicine
Language
headwords: Latin
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Extent
2 vols.
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Digitalis Purpurea. Fox-gloves: The Flowers, Seeds, and Green-Leaves, are Mucilaginous and Bitter, with Astringency; the Roots are Rough, and Nauseously Bitter; the Seeds are Bitter-slimy and Astringent. It Vomits and Purges strongly: The Green-Leaves or Roots are boyl'd in Ale, for the Falling-Sickness. The Flowers are good in the King's Evil Sores: They are Anodyne, by their Slime; and Cleansing and Healing, by their Bitter-Astringency. The Green-Leaves have a strong Smell, like Elder; which intimates their Purging Faculty. (p. 120)
sample: Digitalis Purpurea. Fox-gloves: The Flowers, Seeds, and Green-Leaves, are Mucilaginous and Bitter, with Astringency; the Roots are Rough, and Nauseously Bitter; the Seeds are Bitter-slimy and Astringent. It Vomits and Purges strongly: The Green-Leaves or Roots are boyl'd in Ale, for the Falling-Sickness. The Flowers are good in the King's Evil Sores: They are Anodyne, by their Slime; and Cleansing and Healing, by their Bitter-Astringency. The Green-Leaves have a strong Smell, like Elder; which intimates their Purging Faculty. (p. 120)
Alston
XVII.I.361-63
Wing
F1388A, F1388B, F1388
Other editions
1691: no Wing number (Alston XVII.I.364)
