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Lidén Number 23
Respondent: Jonas Andersson Kiernander (1721-1778)
Title: Radix Senega, ...
Date of Defense: {8} April 1749
Paginations: [ii], [1], 4-32, 1 plate
Lidén Title: Radix Senega.
Soulsby Title: Rad. Senega
Drake Title: Radix Senega.
Note: P. 13 misnumbered 14; two copies have day supplied in manuscript.
Abstract: An account of the botanical and medical properties of Senega snakeroot, or milkwort (Polygala senega L.), a plant of eastern North America used by the indians to treat snake bites.