After experimenting with the root, the compilers of the Bengal Dispensatory announced their uncertainty as to whether or not it possessed antipyretic properties; however, they pronounce it diaphoretic, an exciter of the appetite and an excellent bitter tonic.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
What further outfit was furnished a student setting out in practice for himself, may be imagined from the conclusion of an old indenture of apprenticeship, which states, that when Jacobus Hubbard shall have fulfilled his apprenticeship of four years and eight months,-during which he has well and faithfully served his master, his secrets kept, his lawful commands gladly everywhere obeyed,-he shall be provided, when he goes forth as doctor, with a "new set of surgeon's pocket instruments, Solomon's Dispensatory, Quence's Dispensatory, and Fuller on Fevers."
"Stories of New Jersey"
Frank Richard Stockton
A description of his medicaments may be found in 'Pharmacopoeia Bateana; or, Bate's Dispensatory.
"The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6)"
Aphra Behn