| Date | 1992 |
| Publish_location | Princeton, NJ |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Digital Book (PDF) |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Digital Archives |
| Call Number | RS165.R48 F68 1992 |
| Description | dig. pdf. [xxi, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.] |
| Note | Rhubarb : the wondrous drug / Clifford M. Foust. Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-362) and index. Local access only. [Foust-Rhubarb.pdf] Ch. 1. The Roots of Rhubarb -- Ch. 2. The Very True Rhubarb: The Seventeenth Century -- Ch. 3. The Russian Rhubarb Trade -- Ch. 4. The East India Company and European Trade -- Ch. 5. Collecting and Systematizing -- Ch. 6. Accommodating the Root: The Society of Arts and Other Promotions -- Ch. 7. Rhubarb as Medicine: The Eighteenth Century -- Ch. 8. The Search Ends? -- Ch. 9. The Testing of Rhubarb -- Ch. 10. Tarts and Wine. |
| Subject | Medicinal plants--China Rhubarb--Therapeutic use Rhubarb--History Rhubarb [Dahuang 大黄] |
| ISBN | 0691087474 ; 9780691087474 |
| LCCN | 91018211 |
