Herbal medicine. Illustration of a plant of Rhaponticum thracicum. Originally thought of as belonging to the genus Rhaponticum,R. thracicum was later reclassified as a type of rhubarb. Rhubarb has been used as a medicinal plant for at least 2700 years in Chinese culture. This woodcut comes from Medicina Aegyptiorum by Prosper Alpini,published at Leiden in 1719 | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Royal Institution of Great Britain |
Taille de l’image : | 3841 px × 4724 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
Restrictions : | - |