Materia medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis

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Title

Materia medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis

Subject

Title pages
Schopf, Johann David, 1752-1800
Botany, Medical
Materia medica

Description

This first account of American plants and their medicinal uses was, oddly enough, published in Germany. Johann David Schöpf was a military surgeon who came to the country during the Revolutionary War and later traveled through New York, Pennsylvania, as far west as Kentucky, and then south through the Carolinas to Florida.

Abstract

Title page of Materia Materia medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis by Johann David Schopf

Creator

Sch

Date Created

1787

Rights

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Access Rights

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Is Part Of

Harvard Medical Library Rare Books Collection (RS164.S30 c.2)

Format

text

Extent

1 title page

Language

Latin

Type

text

Identifier

DigID0002535

Provenance

Bequest of Dr. James Read Chadwick to the Boston Medical Library, 1905

Files

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/file_upload/0002535_dref.jpg

Citation

Sch, “Materia medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/12594.