English medical doctor, surgeon and naturalist (1747–1822)

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John Aikin. Silhouette.

John Aikin. Line engraving by F. Englehart, 1823.

John Aikin. Stipple engraving by J. Thompson, 1823.

Memoir of John Aikin, M.D / by Lucy Aikin. With a selection of his miscellaneous pieces, biographical, moral, and critical.

The Medical Society of London: John Coakley Lettsom presenting to the society the deeds of 3 Bolt Court, City of London. Stipple engraving by N.C. Branwhite, 1801, after S. Medley, 1800.

A manual of materia medica, containing a brief account of all the simples directed in the London and Edinburgh dispensatories, with their several preparations and the principal compositions into which they enter / [John Aikin].

Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

The calendar of nature; designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons / [John Aikin].

An experimental history of the materia medica, or, of the natural and artificial substances made use of in medicine : containing a compendious view of their natural history, and account of their pharmaceutic properties, and an estimate of their medicinal powers, so far as they can be ascertained by experience, or by rational induction from their sensible qualities / by William Lewis.

Annals of the reign of King George the third : from its commencement in the year 1760, to the death of his majesty in the year 1820.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de lactis secretione in puerperis ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Joannes Aikin.

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Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

The calendar of nature; designed for the instruction and entertainment of young persons / [John Aikin].

Annals of the reign of King George the third : from its commencement in the year 1760, to the death of his majesty in the year 1820.

Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de lactis secretione in puerperis ... / Eruditorum examini submittit Joannes Aikin.

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