Indian Plants and Drugs: With Their Medical Properties and Uses

The aim and object of this little volume is to serve not only the professional medical men in India but also the non-professional educated public in general; and this object is sought to be attained by rendering the book useful to both these classes in the following ways: To the Medical Profession:- By Introducing to them the therapeutical properties of the numerous remedial drugs and agents. By placing before them the value and composition of several dietetic articles, such as fruits, vegetables, grains, etc., By stimulating in them a desire for keeping ready the pharmacological preparations of important Indian drugs made.