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Von Würckungen derer Artzneyen in dem menschlichen Leibe, zeigende die wahre Ursach von deren unterschiedlichen Würckungen. : Wie auch ein Entwurff von einer neuen Pharmacie, nach der heutigen Arth Artzneyen zu verschreiben.

by: Blankaart, Steven, 1650-1702

Publication date: 1690

Topics: Pharmacy, Materia medica, vegetable, Pharmacopoeias, Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Aloe, Guaiac, Balsam poplar, Tobacco, Snuff, Peppers -- Brazil, Acupuncture -- China, Acupuncture -- Japan, Imprint 1690

Publisher: Leipzig, : Verlegts Joh. Friedrich Gleditsch,

Collection: jcbgerman; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: German; Latin; Latin

[16], 360, [8] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)

Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription

Translation, by Johann Christian Rodochs, of the author's: Verhandelinge van de opertatien ofte werkingen der medicamenten ins̀ menschen lighaam, printed in Amsterdam, 1690

Pages 52-72 contain a letter by Dionysius van der Sterre dated Curacao October 9, 1688, concerning his experiences in the West Indies

"Pharmacopoea, oder Apothecker-Bewölbe, gestellet nach der weise der heutigen verbesserten praxi", p. [305]-360, has divisional title page and contains recipes for prescriptions containing such plants as aloe, guaiac, and Peruvian balsam

Elsewhere in the text are references to tobacco, snuff, peppers from Brazil, and acupuncture in China and Japan

Signatures: a⁸ (a1 verso blank) A-Z⁸

Title page printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials

Purchase; 17-200