About This Item
Title
Canella alba
Subject
Plants, Medicinal
Angiosperms
Book Illustrations
Description
Lithograph by J. H. Colen; color by T.R. Jones.
Canella alba syn. Canella winterana, commonly known as cinnamon bark, wild cinnamon, and white cinnamon.
Caption: Represents the plant in flower, and the 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.pl16
Original Format
1 print : color lithograph
Physical Dimensions
30 x 22 cm
Citation
Colen, John H. and Jones, T. R., “Canella alba,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 25, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1556.