The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . llation this yields potato-spirit, from which avolatile oil (oil of potatoes) has been extracted. An extractobtained from the stalks and leaves of potatoes is said to possessnarcotic properties, in doses of two or three grains, but the casesare not perfectly satisfactory. The tubers of potatoes when boiled are a most valuable articleof food, both for men and animals. Those of good quality arenot only perfectly innocuous but highly nutritious, and easy
The family flora and materia medica botanica: containing the botanical analysis, natural history and chemical and medical properties of plants . llation this yields potato-spirit, from which avolatile oil (oil of potatoes) has been extracted. An extractobtained from the stalks and leaves of potatoes is said to possessnarcotic properties, in doses of two or three grains, but the casesare not perfectly satisfactory. The tubers of potatoes when boiled are a most valuable articleof food, both for men and animals. Those of good quality arenot only perfectly innocuous but highly nutritious, and easy ofdigestion. In the raw state they have been found less nutri-tive for animals, while on man they are said to prove laxativeand diuretic, and to excite slightly the nervous system. Theprocess of cooking is probably useful in two ways, by renderingthe starch digestible, and secondly by extracting some noxiousmatter. The potato in a raw state, eaten as a salad with vin-egar, has proved of much benefit on ship-board as a preventativeof scurvy. An extraet of the leaves is recommended in chronicrheumatism, and pains of the stomach and N ? 91 .(DIE r N Common Celandine, piletiinvl iHtriwort L, thedine >li- in
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