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Preface. 



For many years there has been a demand for a work 

 which would, in a concise and matter of fact manner, 

 be a guide to all who use Botanical Drugs. Those 

 engaged in Medical and Pharmaceutical pursuits are so 

 often called upon to give particulars regarding the use 

 and employment of Herbs, Roots, Barks, &c, that a 

 work of this character might be considered indispensable ; 

 but until the present volume saw the light, no book 

 claiming any degree of completeness has been available. 

 Potter's Cyclopaedia is issued in the hope that it may 

 fill the gap, and in doing so be of genuine service to all 

 interested in Medical Botany. 



Briefly, its aim is to supply in a small compass the 

 Common and Botanical title of every Herb in general 

 use, together with its synonyms, action, preparations, 

 and doses. The list of synonyms is the result of per- 

 sonal experience, combined with that of the writers of 



