DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS – by Benoît Mure
DELPHINUS AMAZONICUS DELPH. DELPHINUS GEOFFROYI (DESM.) PORTUG.: PEIXE BOI This dolphin is from 9 to 10 feet long; its body is large and cylindrical, of a brownish-gray color above and…
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) – by Benoît Mure
PLUMBAGO LITTORALIS (NOBIS) P. LIT. PICAO Di PRAIA This is a creeper, inhabiting the shores in the bay of Rio Janeiro. Its stem is herbaceous, rounded, covered with short and…
ELEIS GUINEENSIS. (JACQ.) – by Benoît Mure
ELEIS GUINEENSIS. (JACQ.) ELE.-PALM-TREE This species is spread all over South-America; it prefers cultivated and sunny regions. Its trunk, which is from 25 to 30 feet high, is covered by…
SEDINHA – by Benoît Mure
SEDINHA SEDINHA HERBACEOUS plant, with a slender, round and pubescent stem; the leaves are opposite, lanceolate and very sharp; their upper surface is hairy and of a darker green than…
GUANO AUSTRALIS – by Benoît Mure
GUANO AUSTRALIS This substance, which has been used for some years past as manure, is found on the coasts of Patagonia and principally on the Lobos Island near the coast…
SOLANUM ARREBENTA (VELL.) – by Benoît Mure
SOLANUM ARREBENTA (VELL.) SOL. AR. PORTUG.: ARREBENTA CAVALLOS THIs bush grows spontaneously in the provinces of Rio Janeiro, along roads and in cultivated places. It is from 10 to 16…
HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM (NOBIS) -by Benoît Mure
HEDYSARUM ILDEFONSIANUM (NOBIS) BED. DESMODIUM. PORTUG.: AMOR DO CAMPO. BARBA DE 101. CARAPICHO. ENGL.: BURDGCK THE brownish and ligneous stem of this plant is about three feet high; it is…
SOLANUM OLERACEUM (VELLOZ.) – by Benoît Mure
SOLANUM OLERACEUM (VELLOZ.) SOL. OL. - PORTUG.: GYQUIRIOBA, JUQUERIOBA. This is an herbaceous plant with a creeping and somewhat ligneous, cylindrical stem, the upper branches being covered with short and…
HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA – by Benoît Mure
HIPPOMANE MANCINELLA. (L.) HIPP. MANCINELLA VENENATA, TUSS. Although the poisonous properties of the mancinella have been very much exaggerated, it is nevertheless a very poisonous tree, which, happily, becomes more…
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM GROTANS – by Benoît Mure
SOLANUM TUBEROSUM GROTANS SOL. T. G.-DISEASED POTATO A description of the potato in a work destined for European pharmaceutists and physicians would be entirely useless; so well and so universally…
ILLICIUM ANISATUM – by Benoît Mure
ILLICIUM ANISATUM ANISUM STELLATUM BOTH the illicium anisatum and the millefolium, which have been introduced into our practice empirically, will undoubtedly become important adjuncts in the homoeopathic materia medica, the…
SPIGGURUS MARTINI (NOBIS) -by Benoît Mure
SPIGGURUS MARTINI (NOBIS) SPIG. SPIGGURUS SPINOSA (FR. CUV.) HISTRIX SUBSPINOSUS. THE PORCUPINE This little animal is common in Brazil where it lives on trees and secures itself by means of…
TUBERCULINUM BOVINUM
TUBERCULINUM BOVINUM I want to take up the study of Tuberculinum. The preparation which I use is a little different from that which is generally found in the market. This…
LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE (D. C.) – by Benoît Mure
LEPIDIUM BONARIENSE (D. C.) LEP. MASTRUCO This plant is very common in the neighborhood of Rio, where it is found along the roads and in stony regions. It is herbaceous,…
TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA (MART.) -by Benoît Mure
TRADESCANTIA DIURETICA (MART.) TRAD. TRADESCANTIA COMMELINA (WELL.) PORTUG.: TRAPOERAVA THIs herbaceous plant is pretty common in Brazil. Its ramose and cylindrical stems are erect or a little inclined ; the…