THE
TALEEF SHEREEF,
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Notice
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OR
INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA;
INDIAN MATERIA MEDICA;
PUBLISHED BY
The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, CIRCULAR ROAD.
SOLD BY MESSRS. THACKER & CO. CALCUTTA; & BY MESSRS. PARBURY,ALLEN & CO.
1833.
The Medical and Physical Society of Calcutta.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, CIRCULAR ROAD.
SOLD BY MESSRS. THACKER & CO. CALCUTTA; & BY MESSRS. PARBURY,ALLEN & CO.
1833.
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TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE.
In the course of a practice of upwards oftwenty-six years in India, I have often had occasion to regret, that Ihad no publication to guide me, in my wish to become acquainted withthe properties of native medicines, which I had frequently seen, in thehands of the Physicians of Hindoostan, productive of the mostbeneficial effects in many diseases, for the cure of which ourPharmacopeia supplied no adequate remedy; and the few which I had anopportunity of becoming acquainted with, so far exceeded myexpectations, that I determined to make a Translation of the presentwork, for my own gratification and future guidance.
Having finished the translation, I became convinced,that I should not have fulfilled the whole of my duty if I did not makeit public; and ill calculated as I know myself for such an undertaking,I have ventured to offer it to the world, with all itsimperfections.
Conscious, that the liberal minded will give me creditfor the best of motives, I shall not dread criticism; and if it has theeffect of inducing those more competent to the task to an inquiry intothe properties of native medicines, my views will have been fullyaccomplished.
In writing the names of the different medicines, I havefollowed the Author’s example, and have been guided solely by thepronunciation, without altering the sound given to
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