About This Item
Title
Coculus palmatus
Cocculus palmatus
Subject
Plants, Medicinal
Menispermaceae
Book Illustrations
Description
Lithograph by J. H. Colen; color by T.R. Jones.
Jateorhiza palmata syn. Jateorhiza columba, previously classed as Cocculus palmatus, commonly known as Colomba plant.
Caption: represents the plant in flower, and the inflorescence and fruit.
Creator
Colen, John H.
Jones, T. R.
Source
Original image in: Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876. Illustrations of medical botany (Philadelphia : Lloyd P. Smith, 19 St. James Street, 1847). ZQx 4 (Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Illustrations of Medical Botany, Joseph Carson's two-volume work of materia medica, was published in 1847. Intended for students, physicians, and pharmacists, Carson set out for his work to supplant two important works of medical botany, American Medical Botany by Jacob Bigelow and Vegetable materia medica of the United States by William Barton. Carson's work includes 100 color plates, with lithography by J. H. Colen.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1847
Language
lat
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZQx_4_v1.pl7
Original Format
1 print : color lithograph
Physical Dimensions
30 x 22 cm
Citation
Colen, John H. and Jones, T. R., “Coculus palmatus,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1547.