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Ranunculus ficaria L.
Engl.: fig-buttercup, lesser celandine, figwort, pilewort, small celandine, smallwort.
Deu.: Scharbockskraut.
Fran.: ficaire, renoncule ficaire.
Sven.: svalört, groddknoppslös svalört, korskål, stor svalört, vanlig svalört.
Suom.: mukulaleinikki.
Bot. syn.: Ficaria verna Hudson.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
To: root.herb.com
Subject: Scrophula
From: Christopher Hedley
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 01:53:02 GMT
re The Kings Evil
this is generally taken to be TB of the lymph nodes, although traditional diagnosis was a lot less precise than modern and the term probably included any chronic discharging abcess, especially those on the neck.
Lymph node TB secondary to GI TB was quite commonly caught from infected milk.
Gamla texter: Svensk Botanik, band 1, 1815. Text Conrad Quensel, illustration J. W. Palmstruch.
Classic texts: John Hill 1812.
Vanhoja tekstejä: Suomen myrkylliset ja lääkekasvit, 1936.
Vanhoja tekstejä: Pois pula ja puutteet, 1943.
Classic texts: WaldFeld 1947.
Vanhoja tekstejä: Pois pula ja puutteet, 1943.
Vanhoja tekstejä: Flora Fennica. Suomen Kasvio, 1866.
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