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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Dictionnaire universel de médecine, de chirurgie, de chymie, de botanique, d'anatomie, de pharmacie, d'histoire naturelle, &c. Précédé d'un discours historique sur l'origine et les progrès de la médecine. Traduit de l'anglois de M. James. Revue, corrigé & augmenté par M. Julien Busson. 6 vols.

Publication Details

Paris: Briasson, David, Durand, 1746 CE–1748 CE.

James, it may be assumed, had little or nothing to do with this translation, because copyright between England and France was essentially non-existent at the time. In the process of supervising this large publication, Diderot collaborated with three "philosophes", of which only Busson was a physician. Experience with this publication gave Diderot the idea of undertaking the much larger scale project, the Encyclopédie des sciences.

Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#12628
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/14868
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URL-dictionnaire-universel-de-mdecine-de-chirurgie-de-chymie-de-botanique-danatomie-de-pharmacie-dhistoire-naturelle-c-traduit-de-langlois-de-m-james-revue-corrig-augment-par-m-julien-busson-6-vols

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris