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Link: linnaeus.c18.net/Letter/L1581
Abraham Argillander to Carl Linnaeus,
25 May 1753 n.s. L1581. Abraham Argillander Abraham Argillander The Heinola Astragalus varies with yellow and blue flowers. He has already sent the yellow variety, and is now enclosing the blue one. It is difficult to procure seeds of the new Arabis, that grows in sand, preferably over rock. He encloses a couple. This spring Argillander has tried the effect of bird-cherry cortex on intermittent fevers and found it fairly good. He has used the dried bark and boiled it in water for 12 hours. The decoct is administrated to the patient just before the paroxysm after one or two fits of ague. The regime of administration and the dosage has varied considerably. The result, however, is regarded as favourable. The only disadvantage is the abominable taste of the medicine. It cannot be used on delicate patients, whereas country folk, and those who judge the effectiveness of the medicine by its stinging and burning taste, can accept it very well. A peasant in Savolax in Finland, named Heiskanen Argillander knows nothing about the effect of the pulverised bark or the extract. That has to be tried. 1. Bref och skrifvelser (1909), vol. I:3, p. 89-90 |