Accession Number: 5682
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Taxon: Echium Linnaeus, Boraginaceae; Dicotyledoneae
Dimensions (cm): 29.5 x 20
Date of Execution: ca.1200
Notes: Page of manuscript of Dioscorides, Materia medica, numbered 52 and 53, with drawings and text on both sides of page. Regarding Lukapsis (Greek), one of the images on page 52, the Gunther translation of Dioscorides' work lists this as Lukopsis (Greek) = Echium italicum. Known in the middle ages as Lycopsis or Anchusa. See also accession nos. 1707, 1708 and 1709.
Accession Number: 5683.01
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 1, Guayavito. Pct. 8. Cedros. Aphis of plant.
Taxon: Psidium guajava Linnaeus, Myrtaceae
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 17
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.02
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 2, Betamo real. Cedros. Purgante, 2 drops of expres’d juice. The expressed juice used as a purgative in the Moreña of mules. The leaves are thick.
Taxon: Pedilanthus tithymaloides (Linnaeus) Poiteau, Euphorbiaceae
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.03
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 3, Floripondia. Datura arborea. La Maracunda. A powerful opiate. Cedros.
Taxon: Brugmansia candida Persoon, Solanaceae
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 25
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.04
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 4, Arriba y Abajo. Vomi-purgative. From the Hacienda of Dr. Jose M. Lazano, near Cedros. Dose, decoct[ion] of 3 or 4 leaves.
Taxon: Malva parviflora Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.05
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 5, Ar[r]iba y Abajo, No. 2. Vomi-purgative. Orosu[l?] (Glycyrrhiza glabra). Sudorific y pectoral. Cedros.
Taxon: Malva parviflora Linnaeus, Malvaceae: Phyla nodiflora (Linnaeus) Greene. Labiatae alt. Lamiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 24.5 x 31.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.06
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 6, Sunculla. Cedros.
Taxon: Annona purpurea Mociño & Sessé ex Dunal, Annonaceae
Description: fruit, cross-section
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards.".
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.07
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 7, Ipecaca undulata, Purple flowered Ipecaca (vomitive). Ipecaca striata, White flowered Ipecaca (purgative). Cedros, H[ondura]s.; Spiders. Casa[m]pulga, No. 1 (venomous).
Taxon: Cephaelis Swartz; Carapichea ipecacuanha (Brotero) L. Andersson, Rubiaceae
Description: with spiders
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 30.5
Signature: C. Dorat (b.r.)
Notes: ! Lilian Ferrufino 2018; det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.08
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 8, Guacco. Huaro Eupatorium. Cedros. In cholera, snakebites, tonic in fever, flowers in July.
Taxon: Aristolochia odoratissima Linnaeus, Aristolochiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 29.5
Signature: C. Dorat (b.l.)
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards.".
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.09
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 9, Escorcionera. Cedros. A purgative—in Amenorrh[a?]ea. Bitter, Decoct[ion] of Root.
Taxon: Lamourouxia viscosa Kunth, Orobanchaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.10
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 10, Suntule root, astringent; Conchalagua No 2. Sudorific; Cocinera, Sudorific (fruit eaten) pegajosa; Conchalagua No. 1. In Syphilis, and Disease of Skin, Diuretic. Cedros.
Taxon: Coccocypselum P. Browne, Rubiaceae (fruit eaten), Desmodium Desvaux, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae (Pegajosa); Centaurium Hill, Gentianaceae (Conchalagua)]
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.11
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 11, Rhubarb, Ruibarbo blanco. Cedros.
Taxon: Jatropha podagrica Hooker, Euphorbiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Signature: C. Dorat (b.r.)
Notes: ! Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.12
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 12, Pasté or vegetable sponge. Flowers in June. San Salvador. So. H[ondura]s, Seed pod. The Sponge.
Taxon: Luffa aegyptiaca Miller, Cucurbitaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.13
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 13, Air bladder of the Mojarra fish, Tegucia. Tarantela o Picca Caballo; Casa[m]pulga Negro; Cangrejo; El Cazador; Casa[m]pulga amarilla; Casa[m]pulga coleracta; Spider whose web poisons the mules; Venemous spiders of Cedros.
Description: 7 spiders, fish air bladder
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 22.5
Signature: C. Dorat (b.r.)
Notes: Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.14
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 14, La Sensitiva, Vulgar [name] Puta vieja. Stimulant to Ulcers. Sudorific, Viboran Vermifuge & sternuating.
Taxon: Mimosa pudica Linnaeus, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae; Stachytarpheta Vahl, Verbenaceae; Asclepias curassavica Linnaeus, Asclepiadaceae
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 30
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards.".
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.15
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 15, Malvarosa ó Variable. Cedros. In the morning, evening, at night.
Taxon: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Linnaeus, Malvaceae
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 30
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.16
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 16, Vulg. Fregaplata. equiv[ilen]t to the Sarzaparilla. Antisyphilitic. Cedros.
Taxon: Solanum torvum Swartz, Solanaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: ! Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.17
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 17, Gualiguéme ò Pito. Narcotic, flowers used as a salad and the leaves as a poultice. Cedros, H[ondura]s.
Taxon: Erythrina hondurensis Standley, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Signature: C. Dorat. M.D. (b.l.)
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.18
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 18, Achiotè purpurea. Bixa orellana. Purp. As a Dye and to flavour Food. Flowers in Dec[embe]r. Cedros.
Taxon: Bixa orellana Linnaeus, Bixaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.19
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 19, Flor de Concepcion. Flor de Maria. Flor de Pascua. Cedros. Fl[owers] in Nov[embe]r. Sap narcotic.
Taxon: Euphorbia pulcherrima Willdenow ex Klotzsch, Euphorbiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.20
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 20, El Coral (venemous), female and young. Cedros, Hond[ura]s
Description: Coral snake around urn
Dimensions (cm): 31.5 x 22.5
Signature: C. Dorat (b.r.)
Notes: Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.21
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 21, Mimosa arabica. M. catechu(?). Spanish, Espino blanco. Sp. Espina negra. The pods, contain much Tannin—by the Ind[ia]ns an astringent drink. Cedros.
Taxon: Mimosa Linnaeus; Vachellia farnesiana (Linnaeus) Wight & Arnott, Fabaceae alt. Leguminosae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: ! Lilian Ferrufino 2018; det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.22
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 22, La Crespia, Blistering leaf, Cedros.
Taxon: Clematis dioica Linnaeus, Ranunculaceae
Dimensions (cm): 30 x 23.5
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.23
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: ''La Amargosa, Chichipinse''
Taxon: Calea urticifolia (Miller) de Candolle, Asteraceae alt. Compositae; Hamelia patens Jacquin, Rubiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 30
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018
Accession Number: 5683.24
Artist Name: Dorat, Charles, Dr.
Life Span: (1806–ca.1871)
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Title: No. 24, Euphorbiaceae. Bol. Cureas multifidus. Jatropha multifida. Piñon. Vomi-purgative. Fomentation. Cedros. Tegucia.
Taxon: Jatropha curcas Linnaeus, Euphorbiaceae
Dimensions (cm): 23.5 x 30
Notes: det. Lilian Ferrufino 2018; Given "In memory of Amy R. Edwards and her parents Amory and Sophia Jones Edwards."
HIBD Exhibitions: Dr. Charles Dorat and His Unrealized Medicinal Flora, 2 April–29 June 2018