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Botica general de los remedios esperimentados. Que á beneficio del público se reimprime por su original en Cadiz, en Sonoma, de la alta California: Por M. G. V.

Publication Details

Sonoma, CA: impreta [sic] del Gobierno, 1838 CE.

The first medical book printed in California, a small 23-page pamphlet of folk or popular medicine. It was printed by Agustín V. Zamorano, the first printer in Alta California under Mexican rule before the region became part of the United States. Facsimile reproduction and partial translation in Robert J. Moes, The Zamorano press and the Botica: California's first medical book (Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1988).

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Entry Number#10402
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/12595
External URLbotica-general-de-los-remedios-esperimentados

Geographic Context

Publication place: Sonoma, CA

Mentioned in annotation: Los Angeles, CA