Balm of Gilead - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 64355 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 42.00 BURSERACEAE Commiphora opobalsamum | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Balm of Gilead | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Balm of Gilead | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Balm of GileadUse: MEDICINES User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES | ||
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| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 33 F 3 | ||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | Hanbury Collectionx0Dx0A | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Six glass jars - 1. Balsamum meccae, bought at Frankfort (sic) No.1. 2. Mecca balsam (very fine) from JA Vaughan 1853. 3. True balsam produced from Balsamodendron opobalsamum Kth., Cairo, drug maker, from Mustafa Dib 1864. Raumede la Mecq, ue (de Pl?yris opobalsamum). 5. Balsam of Mecca (good) from Dr Stocks 1854. 6. True balsam of Gilead, belonged to one of the Godfrey of Southampton St, The Strand, 'who bequeathed it to Mr Cooke of the firm of Godfrey & Cooke. Mr Cooke left it to Mr Wil, liam Ince whose son Mr Joseph Ince presented it to me. Dec 5th 1869' Dan Hanbury. | ||||