Author: Hofsten, Nils von
Title: Bedeguar och Spine alba : Ett Bidrag till "Sömntornets" historia
Description: [Uppsala], [Almqvist & Wiksell], 1953. orig. wrappers. 24x18cm, (40) pp. Offprint from 'Lychnos' 1953. Pagination runs 101-141.. Textual illustrations.. Minor wear. Good. ¶ Caption title. Swedish text. Includes a 2-page English summary: "Bedeguar and Spine alba: A Contribution to the History of the 'Sleep-thorn'". [" Bedeguar.. was for centuries...at European apothecaries and herbalists'shops a name for the hairy gall on dog roses called in North and Central European folk-lore "sleep-thorn"...Bedeguar was, however, identified also with a thistle described by Dioscorides by the name of akantha leuke, lat. spina alba..."]

Keywords: Apothecary History, Herbal Medicine, Medicinal Herbs, Natural Medicines, Drugs, Medical, Medicine, Pharmacy, Ethnopharmacology