Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 783.5

LOUIS LéMERY (1677-1743). A treatise of foods, in general ... To which are added, remarks upon each chapter; wherein their nature and uses are explained, according to the principles of chymistry and mechanism. London: J. Taylor, 1704. 10 p. ¬., xx, 320, [6] p; 20 cm.

Son of Nicolas Lémery, Louis was a physician at the Hôtel-Diey de Paris and became a demonstrator of chemistry at Jardin du Roi in 1731. This is an English translation of his first work Traité des aliments.

Cited references: Wellcome III, p. 486

Gift of Hans L. Ehrenhaft