Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2314

FR LOSCH (fl. 1880) Les plantes médicinales. Ernest Kuhn [ca. 1890] xxxv, 199, vi [1] pp., 86 col. plates, 460 illus. 24.1 cm.

Losch, a Swiss botanist and pharmacologist, studied and collected specimens for this herbal in his native country. The book contains a detailed classification of the principal medicinal herbs according to family, and a discussion of their conditions of growth, appearance, and medical applications. There are eighty-six beautiful colored plates depicting the leaves and main stalk of each plant, its roots, blossoms, seeds, and variations of anatomical characteristics within its family.

Gift of John Martin, M.D.