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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 8, 2020

Materia medica Americana, potissimum regni vegetabilis.

Publication Details

Erlangen: J. J. Palmii, 1787 CE.

Schoepff came to America in 1777 as a surgeon with the Hessian troops employed by the British Forces. He returned to Germany in 1784 and compiled the first full American materia medica, describing about 400 plants, including a few references to native American remedies. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1837
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2194
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmateria-medica-americana-potissimum-regni-vegetabilis

Geographic Context

Publication place: Erlangen