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Lidén Number 128
Respondent: Carl Magnus Blom (1737-1815)
Title: ... sistens Lignum Qvassiae, ...
Date of Defense: 28 May 1763
Paginations: [ii], [1], 2-13, [1], 1 plate
Lidén Title: Lignum Quassiae.
Soulsby Title: Lign. Qvas.
Drake Title: Lignum Qvassiae.
Note:
Abstract: An account of Surinam quassia wood (Quassia amara L.) of the Simaroubaceae, whose bitter root was used medicinally to treat numerous illnesses, including malaria.