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
Collection
Citation
Sch, “Materia medica Americana potissimum regni vegetabilis,” OnView, accessed May 11, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/index.php/items/show/12594.