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in waste places in almost all parts of the United States. The value 
of the drug as an anthelmintic was established many generations 
ago, and today the volatile oil of the plant is widely used for the 
expulsion of intestinal worms. It is particularly effective against 
roundworms and for hookworm. 
Wormwoop (Artemisia absinthium) N.O. The perennial herb 
is native of southern Europe and adjacent Asia and, through culti- 
vation, has become widely distributed. The plant has been used 
in domestic medicine as a stomachic and anthelmintic, similarly as 
in tansy and wormseed. It 1s diaphoretic and diuretic and in alco- 
holic beverages has pronounced narcotic properties. 
A Sort LIST OF WORKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE BROOKLYN 
BoTANic GARDEN DEALING WITH THE EARLY USE 
OF PLANTS IN MEDICINE 
3y WILLIAM I, JorDAN, LIBRARIAN 
ARBER, AGNES. Herbals, their origin and evolution, a chapter in 
the history of botany, 1470-1670. Cambridge, University press, 
G 
THe BapIANUS MANUSCRIPT ... An Aztec herbal of 1552. In- 
troduction, translation and annotations by Emily Walcott /Em- 
mart... Baltimore, Johns Hopkins press, 1940. 
GREENE, EDWARD Lee. Landmarks of botanical history. Wash- 
ington, D. C., Smithsonian Institution, 1909. (Chapter I: The 
Rhizotomi, p. 45-51.) 
LAWALL, CHarLes Hersert. The curious lore of drugs anc 
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medicines; (four thousand years of pharmacy). Garden City, 
N. Y., Garden City Publishing Company, 1927. 
PETERS, HERMANN. Pictorial history 
of ancient pharmacy ; with 
sketches of early medical practice . . . translated from the Ger- 
man, and revised, with numerous additions by Dr. William Net- 
ter. Chicago, G. P. Engelhard, 1889. 
Rowve, ELEANOUR SINCLAIR. The old 
“nglish herbals. London, 
mH 
Longmans, Green and Co., 1922. 
ScHMIDT, ALFRED. Drogen und Drogenhandel im Altertum. 2d 
ed. Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1927. 
