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Instruction sur l'herbe petum ditte en France l'herbe de la Royne ou Medicée: Et sur la racine MECHIOCAN principalement (avec quelques autres simples rares et exquis) exemplaire à manier philosophiquement tous autres vegetaux.

Publication Details

Paris: Galiot du Pré, 1572 CE.

The earliest treatise in French on tobacco, including its usage in medicine, and probably the earliest separate treatise on tobacco in any language.  Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link. See Bowen, W. H., "The earliest treatise on tobacco: Jacques Gohory's 'Instruction sur l'herbe petum," Isis, 38, 349-363.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#13547
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15824
Author Bio Linkgalileo.rice.edu ↗
External URLinstruction-sur-lherbe-petum-ditte-en-france-lherbe-de-la-royne-ou-medice-et-sur-la-racine-mechiocan-principalement-avec-quelques-autres-simples-rares-et-exquis-exemplaire-manier-philosophiquement-tous-autres-vegetaux

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris