The elements of materia medica and therapeutics (Volume 1).
- Jonathan Pereira
- Date:
- 1843
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![Bischoff (Dr. C. H. E.) Die Lehre von des chemischen Heilmitteln oder Handbuch der Arznei- mittellehre. 3 vols. 8vo. Bonn. 1825-31. Broussais (Dr. C.) Op. supra cit. (Choulant's Table in French, without additions.) 3. CATALOGUES OF PHARMACOLOGICAL WORKS. Baldinger (E. G.) Litteratura Universa Materia Medicos, Alireentariaj, Toxicologies Pharmacia? et Therapioe generalis medicae atque chirurgicse potissimum Academica. 8vo. Marb. i /9d. Burdach (K. F.) Die Literatur der Heilwissenchaft. 3 Bde. 8vo. Gotha, 1810-21. (The 2d vo- lume contains the Materia Medica.) Reuss (J. D.) Repertorium Commentationum a Societatibus Litterariis editarum secundum disci- plinarum ordinem digestum. Vol. x. ad xvi. ad Anatomiam, Artem Medicam chirurgicam et Obstetriciam. 4to. Gotting. 1813-21. (The eleventh volume a. d. 1819, contains the Materia Medica and Pharmacy.) Ersch (J. S.) Handbuch der Deutschen Literatur seit der Mitte des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts bis auf die neueste Zeit, systematisch bearbeitet und mit den nothigen Registern versehen. JNeue Ausgabe. 3tter. Band enthaltend. I. Medicin. II. Naturkunde. Leipzig, 1822. Young (Dr. T.) An Introduction to Medical Literature, &c, 1813. 2d ed. 8vo. Lond. 1823. Watt (Dr. Robt.) Bibliotheca Britannica, or a general introduction to British and Foreign Litera- ture. 2 pts. authors and subjects. 4 vols. 4to. Edinb. 1824. (See vol. iv.; subjects Medica, Materia ; Medicines ; Pharmacopoeia, and Pharmacy.) Sprengel (C.) Literatura Medica externa recentior seu enumeratio librorum plerorumque et com- mentariorum singularium, ad doctrinas medicas facientium, qui extra Germaniam ab anno inde 1750 impressi sunt. Lipsire, 1829. Roy (C. H.) Catalogus Bibliotheca? Medicas, t. vi. Amstel. 1830. (The 2d volume contains the Materies Medica.) Enslin (F. C. F.) Bibliotheca Medico-Chirurgica et Pharmaceutico-chemica. 5te. Auflage. Leip- zig, 1838. See also PLouco.nET, Literatura Medica digesta, 4 vols. 4to. Tubings, 1808-9 ; and Continuatio et Sup- plemenlum I. Tubingte, 1813. [vol. 3, art. Medicamenta, and Medicina subd. Literatura];— Bernstien, Medicinisch-chirurgische Bibliothek. Frankf. 1839 [Art. Materia Chirurgica, p. 333];— Voitgel, op. supra cit.; Buchner, Einleitung in die Pliarmacie, Nurnb. 1827 ; Schwartze, Phar- makologischeTabellen, Leipzig, 1833; Dierbach, Die neuesten Entdeckungen in der Materia Medica, Bd. 1, Heidb. 1837; and Bailliere's Catalogue des Livres, 1840. B. C. EGYPTIAN MEDICINE Thout or Thaut (also called Hermes or Mercury) regarded as the founder of Medi- cine. Medicine practised first by priests, afterwards by physicians who confined themselves to the study of one disease. (Herod. Euterpe lxxxiv.) The sick exposed in public places (Strabo.) Purges, vomits, and clysters, used for three days successively in every month. (Ibid lxxvii.) Abstinence; dietetical regulations: the hog regarded as unclean Baths and unguents. Worshipped a bulbous plant (Kpdppvov, Squilla?) to which they erected a temple Pauw). K Employed aelites, slime of the Nile, frictions with crocodile's fat in rheumatism and mucilage of seminapsyllu. Salt, virpov (carbonate of soda?), alum, plasters and unguents; white lead and verdigris occasionally entered into the latter „„ fumigations with Cyphi (Kv<pi) a mixture of various drugs. (Dioscorides i 24 ) 17<59 Spices, balm, and myrrh, carried to Egypt, and doubtless used by the EevDlians (Gen. xxxvn. 25.) 1680 Embalming practised. Palm wine, aromatics, myrrh, cassia, and other odorous sub stances (not frankincense), as well as virpov (carb. soda ?) and gum used in this process. (Herod. Euterpe, lxxxvi.) Alexandrian School [see Greek Medicine]. Consult—Pauw (M. De), Phil. Dissert, on the Egyptians and Chinese, vol I n nn i-o^ Alpinus (Prosper), De Medic. .Egypt. Lugd. 1745. Also Clot-Bey, Apereu Gen2r'ii '*.?. 1'Egypt. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1840. ' l*.- general eur](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21146810_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
