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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 9, 2020

A text-book of pharmacology, therapeutics and materia medica.

Publication Details

London: Macmillan, 1885 CE.

Brunton was physician to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital and an eminent pharmacologist. He is notable for his introduction of amyl nitrite in the treatment of angina pectoris and for a vast amount of other work concerning the action of drugs on the cardiovascular system.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#1881
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2519
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLa-textbook-of-pharmacology-therapeutics-and-materia-medica

Geographic Context

Publication place: London