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  1. NLM Digital Collections - The dispensatory of the United States of America 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1894
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101539506
    ... of litmus appears to PART II. Loco Plants.—Luffa. 1677 be, that potash or soda is added, ... them see Pharm. Rundschau, 1888. See also Monesia. LUFFA. Luffa JEgyptiaca. Vegetable Sponge. Wash-rag Sponge. Gourd ...
  2. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army. Authors ... 
    Publication: Washington : G.P.O., 1880-1932
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8104689X25
    ... 12°. New York, W. Wood cf Co., 1899. Luffa echinata. Kirtikar (K. R.) A case of poisoning by devdangar (Luffa echinata). Tr.M. & Phys. Soc. Bombay (1887), 1888, ...
  3. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Series 4, ... 
    Publication: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1936-1948
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8104688X9
    ... Mary Hosp. Gaz., Lond., 1938, 44: 56-8. LUFFA. See also Cucurbitaceae. Grewal, K. S., & Kochhar, B. D. ... a acutangula; the chemical and pharmacological investigation of luffa seeds. Ind. J. M. Res., 1943, 31: 63- ...
  4. NLM Digital Collections - The dispensatory of the United States of America 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1899
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101539510
    ... them, see Pharm. Rundschau, 1888. See also Monesia. LUFFA. Luffa JEgyptiaca. Vegetable Sponge. Wash-rag Sponge. Gourd Towel. ... glycyphlaea, 1731 mammosa, 1801 Lucuinin, 1731 Ludus, 1560 Luffa, 1713 cegyptiaca, 1713 echinata, 1713 Lugol’s caustic iodine ...
  5. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of medical science : containing a full explanation of the various subjects and ... 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lea Bros. & Co., 1893
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101515274
    ... an's operation. See Lithotomy. Buchin'ha. Fruit of Luffa purgans; drastic. Buchu, bu'ku. Diosma crenata. B. ... sonia digitata. G., tow'el or was'hing, Luffa JEgyp- tiaca. Gourd'worm. Distoma hepaticum. Gout. Gout ...
  6. NLM Digital Collections - Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army (Series 4, ... 
    Publication: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1936-1948
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/8104688X10
    ... Schwan, A Dot Wert der Hautmassage mit dem Luffa. Hippokrates, et'„tt e. Elme & idegk6rt., 1906, 129.— ... A. Federal subsidies to the states with special reference to health. Hosp. Social Serv., 1927, 15: 259- ...
  7. NLM Digital Collections - A dictionary of medical terminology, dental surgery, and the collateral sciences 
    Publication: Philadelphia : Lindsay & Blakiston, 1878
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/101501850
    ... A genus of plants of the order Cucurbitacea. Luffa Opercula'ta. Momor'dica oper- cula'ta. A ... every hour till it operates. Momordica Opercula'ta. Luffa operculata, a plant found in Guiana. It is ...
  8. NLM Digital Collections - The races of man and their geographical distribution 
    Publication: Boston : Little and Brown, 1848
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/60340600R
    ... Mocha. Lagenaria vulgaris. Gourds, were seen at Muscat. Luffa, apparently the species cultivated in Egypt: the fruit ... monument as growing over framework, is perhaps, the Luffa; but possibly, the Momordica balsamina.—Both these plants, ...
  9. NLM Digital Collections - Cosmetics : a treatise for physicians and pharmacists 
    Publication: New York : Wood, 1891
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/67460050R
    ... fit for use. Lately, in place of sponges, luffa has been introduced into the market. This is the fruit of the Luffa aegyptiaca (Cucurbi- taceae) cut open, cleaned, and dried, ...
  10. NLM Digital Collections - Materia medica, or, Pharmacology and therapeutics (Volume 1, Part 2) 
    Publication: Springfield [Mass.] : J. Church, 1857-58
    resource.nlm.nih.gov/61830760RX2
    ... Catharsis Aloetica. Catharsis drastica as with Ecbalium Elaterium, Luffa ? opercu- lata and various other articles ; Catharsis protracta ... place of the Hydragogue Drastics such Ecbalium Elaterium, Luffa operculata, etc. can not of course be in ...
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