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Description: | 120 17 (moulded on the base) MANU Unsigned. early 20th century Quassia is the dried stem wood of the *Picroena excelsa* it contains a bitterprinciple, quassin, and extracts or infusions are used as bitter tonics and in horticultural insect repellents. An infusion made by boiling one ounce of these chips in one pint of water was given by the rectum in the treatment of thread worms. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | GLASGOWCOLLEGEOFNURSING : TEACHING : TRAINING : QUASSIA : QUASSINE : THREADWORM : ENEMA : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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