. The Pharmaceutical era. e introduction of sassafras rootinto England, Daniel Hanbury unearthed the followinginteresting record contained in the Calendars of StatePapers of the Public Record Office: Instructions for suche things as are to be sente fromVirginia, 1610. * f-quine, French for China root, which may meaneither 8r„ilnT China or Gnlanqnl root. (Websters Diet,and pharmaceutical authorities.) November 3, 1898.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. 607 (1) Small sassafras rootes to be drawen In the winterand dryed and none to be medled with in the somer andIt is worthe 50£ and better, p. Tonne. etc.
. The Pharmaceutical era. e introduction of sassafras rootinto England, Daniel Hanbury unearthed the followinginteresting record contained in the Calendars of StatePapers of the Public Record Office: Instructions for suche things as are to be sente fromVirginia, 1610. * f-quine, French for China root, which may meaneither 8r„ilnT China or Gnlanqnl root. (Websters Diet,and pharmaceutical authorities.) November 3, 1898.] THE PHARMACEUTICAL ERA. 607 (1) Small sassafras rootes to be drawen In the winterand dryed and none to be medled with in the somer andIt is worthe 50£ and better, p. Tonne. etc. But still, the exact botanical origin of sassafras wasnot known to the writers of the 17th century. While theywere well acquainted with the peculiar foliage and theother characteristics of the tree, the flowers and the fruitwere expressly stated to be unknown by such writers asClusius (Xlonardes), (loUS), Joh. Bauhinus, (1650) and Plso<1658). Two early statements concerning the fruit may. how-ever, now be recorded:. Anhuite sive Sassafras. Taken from Gulielmi Pisonis. De liidae Utriusque Re Naturall et Medica. Libri xiv., p. 145: Amstelaedaim. 1658. Casper Bauhinus, who named the sassafras treearbor ex Florida ficulneo folio, in 1623 reports thatspecimens of the leaves and the friit of the tree weresent to him by Dr. Doldius, of Nuremberg, and he de-scribes the fruit as oblong, rugose and attached to verylong pedicels. Likewise, Jean de Laet in the index to the chapter onsassafras of his aforementioned book, requests the readerto insert in the text that the fruit of this tree was broughtto the notice of the author by a person returning fromNovo Belgio, and adds that the fruit does not differ muchin form from the berries of the laurel, although it ismuch smaller. It contains a white nut of bitterish taste,divided into two parts. As far as we can ascertain. Plukenet as late as theyear 16S1 was the first to give an illustration of the berry,which is faulty, however, because
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