Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 684

JEAN JACQUES MANGET (1652-1742) Bibliotheca pharmaceutico-medica. Sumptibus Chouet 1704 Vol. I: [8] 1019 pp., 6 plates, port. 36.5 cm.; Vol. II: [4] 1146 [62] pp., 28 plates. 36.7 cm.

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This large compilation of over two thousand pages is a comprehensive listing of medicinal plants and pharmaceutical remedies, arranged alphabetically with many cross references. Manget discusses plant names, medicinal uses, references in other noted authorities, and formulas for compounding various remedies. The work was undoubtedly a valuable reference for the scientific community of his day. The thirty-four plates depict a variety of plants and apparatus used in drug preparation.

Cited references: Waller 6214 (1703 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.