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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

New-Englands rarities discovered: In birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, and plants of that country. Together with the physical and chyrurgical remedies wherewith the natives constantly use to cure their distempers, wounds, and sores; also A perfect description of an Indian squa, in all her bravery, with a poem not improperly conferr'd upon her; lastly, a chronological table of the most remarkable passage in that country amongst the English.

Publication Details

London: Printed for G. Widdowes, 1672 CE.

Josselyn's books give some of the earliest and most complete information on New England flora and fauna in colonial times, and his outlook was later praised by Henry Thoreau, among others.
Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

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Entry Number#13878
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/16168
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLthe-virtue-and-use-of-coffee-with-regard-to-the-plague-and-other-infectious-distempers-containing-the-most-remarkable-observations-of-the-greatest-men-in-europe

Geographic Context

Publication place: London