Shepherd's purse. 16th century Italian illustration of a shepherd's purse plant,(Capsella bursa-pastoris),by Gherardo Cibo,1568. Shepherd's-purse has been used traditionally to control bleeding. This plate is taken from Discorsi on Dioscorides' De Materia Medica by Pietro Andrea Mattioli,a work of herbal medicine first published in Italy in 1554. Pietro Andrea Mattioli (1501-1577) was an Italian doctor and naturalist who wrote commentaries on De Materia Medica ,an encyclopaedia of herbal medicine by the first century Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / British Library |
Bildgröße: | 4095 px × 5311 px |
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