COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Archive of Early American Images
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JCB Archive of Early American Images
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Accession number:
35892
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35892
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Record number:
35892-67
record_number
35892-67
Record number
false
JCB call number:
E742 L114n
jcb_call_no
E742 L114n
JCB call number
false
Image title:
Ipecacuana.
image_title
Ipecacuana.
Image title
false
Place image published:
[Paris]
place_image_published
[Paris]
Place image published
false
Image publisher:
[Guillaume Cavelier]
image_publisher
[Guillaume Cavelier]
Image publisher
false
Image date:
[1742]
image_date
[1742]
Image date
false
Image function:
plate; vol. 6, following p. 30
image_function
plate; vol. 6, following p. 30
Image function
false
Technique:
engraving
technique
engraving
Technique
false
Image dimension height:
12.9 cm.
image_dimensions_height
12.9 cm.
Image dimension height
false
Image dimension width:
6.5 cm.
image_dimensions_width
6.5 cm.
Image dimension width
false
Page dimension height:
16.5 cm.
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16.5 cm.
Page dimension height
false
Page dimension width:
9.9 cm.
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9.9 cm.
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false
Materials medium:
ink
materials_medium
ink
Materials medium
false
Materials support:
paper
materials_support
paper
Materials support
false
Languages:
French
languages
French
Languages
false
Description:
Ipecacuanha plant showing leaves, flowers, and roots.
description
Ipecacuanha plant showing leaves, flowers, and roots.
Description
false
Source creator:
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
source_creator
Labat, Jean Baptiste, 1663-1738
Source creator
false
Source Title:
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome sixième
source_title
Nouveau voyage aux isles de l'Amerique ... Tome sixième
Source Title
false
Source place of publication:
A Paris
source_place_of_publication
A Paris
Source place of publication
false
Source publisher:
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
source_publisher
Chez Guillaume Cavelier Pere, Libraire, au Lys d'or
Source publisher
false
Source date:
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
source_date
M. DCC. XLII. [1742]
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notes:
Ipecacuanha, an anti-dysentery drug native to Brazil and long valued as an emetic, was not used in Europe until 1672 when a traveler brought some of the root to Paris. In 1680, a physician, J. A. Helvetius, patented a medicine for dysentery from the roots
notes
Ipecacuanha, an anti-dysentery drug native to Brazil and long valued as an emetic, was not used in Europe until 1672 when a traveler brought some of the root to Paris. In 1680, a physician, J. A. Helvetius, patented a medicine for dysentery from the roots
notes
false
Time Period:
1701-1750
time_period
1701-1750
Time Period
false
References:
http://www.botanica… (Apr. 2006)
references_
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/i/ipecac07.html (Apr. 2006)
References
false
Provenance/Donor:
Acquired before 1874.
provenance_or_donor
Acquired before 1874.
Provenance/Donor
false
Owner and copyright:
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
owner_and_copyright
©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
Owner and copyright
false
geographic area:
Caribbean Islands
geographic_areas
Caribbean Islands
geographic area
false
Subject Area:
Flora and fauna
subject_groups
Flora and fauna
Subject Area
false
Subject headings:
Natural history--Caribbean area
subject_heads
Natural history--Caribbean area
Subject headings
false