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Beechworth Honey Archive
Publication, The virtues of honey in preventing many of the worst disorders; and in the certain cure of several others [etc]. (Hill, John). Gale ECCO Print Editions [nd], 1759
... medicinal value...-country publication facsimile health honey medicinal value ...54 pagesFacsimile editionpublication, facsimile, health, honey, medicinal value, beechworth honey, publication, facsimile, health, honey, medicinal value, beechworth honey -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Erich V Lassak et al, Australian medicinal plants, 2001
... their medicinal value. Chapters arranged according to ailments... learned from Aboriginal people about their medicinal value ...Outlines the Aboriginal use of native plants as well as how early European settlers learned from Aboriginal people about their medicinal value. Chapters arranged according to ailments and their treatment.Colour illustrations, colour photographsmedicinal plants, plant identification -
Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History
Unknown - Ampoule, Caffeine
... way to Europe, it was quickly found to have medicinal value... found to have medicinal value. Coffee has been mentioned ...Persian physicians Rhazes (860–932CE) and Avicenna (980–1037CE) mentioned coffee in specialised writings, describing its medicinal properties. Although caffeine took centuries to find its way to Europe, it was quickly found to have medicinal value. Coffee has been mentioned in medical journals since the beginning of the eighteenth century, emphasising its capacity for nervous and vasomotor stimulation. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant of the methylxanthine class of psychoactive drugs. It is the world's most widely consumed psychoactive drug. Pfizer acquired David G Bull in 1984.Small clear glass ampoule with black printed text on surface containing the amber coloured liquid of 2 grains in 1 cc Hermette Caffeine.