Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1500

WILLIAM ZOLLICKOFFER (1793-1853) A materia medica, of the United States, systematically arranged. J. Lovegrove 1827 2nd ed. 245 pp. 23 cm.

Zollickoffer, a physician and botanist, was lecturer on medical botany, materia medica, and therapeutics at the University of Maryland. One of the first individuals in this country to write a materia medica, first published in 1819, his purpose was to acquaint American physicians with the medicinal plants of their own country. He follows the classification used by John Murray (see No. 1333) and includes the opinions and observations of his colleagues and peers.

See Related Record(s): 1333

Cited references: Austin 2106 (1st ed., 1819)