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  1. NLM Digital Collections - A text book of materia medica, pharmacology, and special therapeutics : with many new ... 
    Publication: Chicago : W.T. Keener, 1889
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61631070R
    ... from one to two drachms for adults. Dioscorea Villosa—Wild Yam. Dioscorea is a twining vine, with a perennial root. ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English : or, Medicine simplified 
    Publication: Buffalo, N.Y. : World's Dispensary Printing Office and Bindery, 1880
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101283718
    ... principle — Cypripedin — one-half to two grains. 512. Wild Yam {Dioscorea Villosa). The root. This is a poAverful antispasmodic, and ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Formulae for making tinctures, infusions, syrups, wines, mixtures, pills, &c. simple and ... 
    Publication: New Lebanon, N.Y. : Tilden & Company, 1858
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61830510R
    ... half to three drams, three times a day. DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. Wild Yam. This is a slender vine, twining over bushes ... Anise................................. Diluted Alcohol........................... Dose—Fifteen to sixty drops. DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. Wild Yam. This is a slender vine, indigenous to the ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - Formulae for making tinctures, infusions, syrups, wines, mixtures, pills, &c., simple and ... 
    Publication: New Lebanon, N.Y. : Tilden & Company ..., 1861
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101085405
    ... half to three drams, three times a day. DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. Wild Yam. This is a slender vine, twining over bushes ... Alcohol.................................Fourteen Ounces. Dose—Fifteen to sixty drops. DIOSCOREA VILLOSA. Wild Yam. This is a slender vine, indigenous to the ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - A treatise on materia medica, pharmacology, and therapeutics (Volume 2) 
    Publication: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, 1889-91
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/63811080RX2
    ... Dr. Thomas G. Morton, of the Pennsylvania Hospital. DIOSCOREA VILLOSA.*—Wild Yam. Preparations. Decoctum Bioscorece.—Decoction of Dioscorea. Bose, f fi-iv. Tinctura Dioscorece.—Tincture of ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Price list subject to changes of the market, revised Jany. 15th 1879 
    Publication: Detroit, Michigan : Parke, Davis & Co., [1879]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/100956794
    ... 1 25 Digitalis Purpurea Foxglove Leaves 1 00 Dioscorea Villosa Wild Yam 95 Drosera Rotundifolia Sundew 1 50 Epigea Repens ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - An epitome of the American eclectic practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : John Gladding, 1859
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64230010R
    ... Of the powder, from one to two grains. Dioscorea Villosa, (Wild Yam.) A specific for bilious colic. Also good in ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - An epitome of the American eclectic practice of medicine, surgery, obstetrics, diseases of ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Paine, 1863
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/64230020R
    ... Muscipula, (Venus' Flytrap.) Irritable, equi- valent of Diosera. Dioscorea Villosa, ( Wild Yam.) A specific for bilious colic. Also good in ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - The medical properties and uses of concentrated medicines 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Jas. B. Rodgers, printer, 1865
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61740560R
    ... Dionoea Muscipula, (Venus' Flytrap.) Irritable, equivalent to Diosera. Dioscorea Villosa, (Wild Yam.) A specific for bilious colic. Also good in ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - King's American dispensatory 
    Publication: Cincinnati : Ohio Valley Co., 1898-[1900?]
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515929
    ... edible rhizomae, generally known as "yams." Description.--I. Dioscorea villosa, True wild yam. The rhizome of Dios- corea villosa (Fig. 97, ... beyond a slight acridity after prolonged chewing. II. Dioscorea villosa, var. glabra; False wild yam.-The rhizome (Fig. 97, 1) of this plant ...
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