Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 229

ANTONIO MUSA BRASAVOLA (1500-1555) Examen omnium syruporum, quorum publicus usus est. Apud Cominum de Tridino 1545 231 [6] pp. 15.9 cm.

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Brasavola's work on herbal remedies was so popular that he wrote a series of similar dialogues about nearly every type of medicine sold in the drugstores of his native city, Ferrara. In this tract, he discusses many of the syrups then in common use and provides numerous recipes from other recognized authorities.

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Cited references: Durling 686; Osler 2119 (1538 ed.); Wellcome 1052

Gift of John Martin, M.D.