Herbal simples approved for modern uses of cureWilliam Thomas Fernie
Herbal simples approved for modern uses of cure
William Thomas Fernie
Essays
Book language: English
657 pages
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure is a collection of essays by the English physician W. T. Fernie, published in its second edition in 1897. It surveys medicinal herbs and simple plant remedies, blending botany, traditional lore, and nineteenth-century medical practice. It is worth listening to for a window into how doctors once understood and used common plants.
While most of the book titles and non-English words are italicized, not all of them are, and I have left the non-italicized terms as is.
Page numbers have been placed in sqare brackets to facilitate the use of the table of contents and the index.
HERBAL SIMPLES APPROVED
FOR MODERN USES OF CURE
by
W. T. FERNIE, M.D.
Author of "Botanical Outlines," etc_
Second Edition.
"Medicine is mine; what herbs and Simples grow In fields and forests, all their powers I know." DRYDEN. Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel. 1897. "Jamque aderat Phoebo ante alios dilectus lapis Iasides: acri quondam cui captus amore Ipse suas artes, sua munera, laetus Apollo Augurium, citharamque dabat, celeresque sagittas Ille ut depositi proferret fata clientis, Scire potestates herbarum, usumque medendi Maluit, et mutas agitare inglorius artes." VIRGIL, AEnid: Libr. xii. v. 391-8. "And now lapis had appeared, Blest leech! to Phoebus'-self endeared Beyond all men below; On whom the fond, indulgent God His augury had fain bestowed, His lyre-his sounding bow! But he, the further to prolong A fellow creature's span, The humbler art of Medicine chose, The knowledge of each plant that grows, Plying a craft not known to song, An unambitious man!" [vii] PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.
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