Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 927

WILLIAM LEWIS (1714-1781) An experimental history of the materia medica, or of the natural and artificial substances made use of in medicine. Printed for R. Baldwin 1768 2nd ed. xxiv, 622 [32] pp. 27.3 cm.

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This work, first published in 1761, went through four editions and also was translated into German. In it Lewis discusses the natural history, pharmaceutical properties, and therapeutic value of a variety of medicines whose efficacy was known or could be deduced by logical reasoning.

Cited references: Wellcome III, p. 512