National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly . olic functions of its or-ganism. As soon as the life processes of the plant are interrupted by gather-ing it the catabolic processes cease to operate, but the anabolic do notnecessarily come to a close and these processes may produce toxic substancesin a plant which was innocuous while in a growing state, and may destroy inthe dried drug the therapeutic qualities present in the green. Science has only just now been able to explain the reasons for deductions CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 59 which were empirical only in that they were based up
National Eclectic Medical Association quarterly . olic functions of its or-ganism. As soon as the life processes of the plant are interrupted by gather-ing it the catabolic processes cease to operate, but the anabolic do notnecessarily come to a close and these processes may produce toxic substancesin a plant which was innocuous while in a growing state, and may destroy inthe dried drug the therapeutic qualities present in the green. Science has only just now been able to explain the reasons for deductions CULTIVATION OF MEDICINAL PLANTS. 59 which were empirical only in that they were based upon careful explanation confirms us in our high regard for the wisdom of thoseclose observers, among whom I am proud to name my grandfather, Dr. Merrell, one of the early leaders of this association and at one time presi-dent of the Eclectic Medical College in Cincinnati, who first realized fromtheir observation the difference in the therapeutic action, qualitative as wellas quantitative, between the dry and the green The map shown gives the location whence the principal supplies of themore important drugs affected directly by the war were drawn. The figuresindicate the source of the drugs named on the accompanying key: (1) Opium, (2) cinchona bark and quinine (produced in the island of Java, aDutch possession, but marketed through Amsterdam), (3) ergot, (4) cantharides,(5) lycopodium, (6) muskroot, (7) Russian isinglass, (8) anise seed, (9) corianderseed, (10) henbane leaves, (11) fennel seed, (12) belladonna leaves, (13) althearoot, (14) arnica root and flowers, (15) buckthorn bark, (16 digitalis, (17) dande-lion root, (18) chamomile flowers. (19) elder flowers, (20) marjoram, (21) bur-gundy pitch, (22) horehound, (23) stramonium leaves, (24) Dalmatian insectflowers, (25) celery seed, (26) lavender flowers, (27) thyme leaves, (28) uva ursileaves, (29) larkspur seed, (30) Bourbon vanilla beans (raised in French posses-sions), (31) attar of roses, (
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