Historical Bibliography Updated: February 8, 2020
Medical botany, containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh: Accompanied with a circumstantial detail of their medicinal effects, and of the diseases in which they have been most successfully employed. 3 vols. & Supplement.
Publication Details
London: Phillips for the author, 1790 CE–1794 CE.
Issued in numbers from 1790-1795, this is the first edition in book form. This work, which underwent several later editions, remained the standard work on the plants of the British pharmacopoeia until the 1880s. Digital facsimile of the first edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Later editions frequently contained beautiful hand-colored plates.
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Thematic Classifications
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #1838.1 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2205 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | medical-botany3-vols |
Geographic Context
Publication place: London