Materia indica ; or, some account of those articles which are employed by the Hindoos, and other eastern nations, in their medicine, arts, and agricutlure; comprising also formulæ, with practical observations, names of diseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of oriental books immediately connected with general science, &c. &c / By Whitelaw Ainslie, M.D. M.R.A.S.
Materia indica, or, some account of those articles which are employed by the Hindoos, and other eastern nations, in their medicine, arts, and agricutlure; comprising also formulæ, with practical observations, names of diseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of oriental books immediately connected with general science, &c. &c / By Whitelaw Ainslie, M.D. M.R.A.S.
- Whitelaw Ainslie
- Date:
- 1826
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Materia indica, or, some account of those articles which are employed by the Hindoos, and other eastern nations, in their medicine, arts, and agricutlure; comprising also formulæ, with practical observations, names of diseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of oriental books immediately connected with general science, &c. &c / By Whitelaw Ainslie, M.D. M.R.A.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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