Systematic Library of Writers on Natural History, Economics, and Related Arts and Sciences

ANTON MICHETTA. Dissertation on the general knowledge and use of medicines. Vienna, Austria. 1753. Quarto.

MICHAEL ALBERTI. Dissertation on the vexed doubts of materia medica. Respondent: Endeler. In the early modern university system, the "respondent" was the student who publicly defended the thesis, though the professor often wrote or heavily supervised the text. Halle, 1719. Quarto. 8 1/2 sheets. original: "pl. 8 1/2" for plagulis, referring to the number of printer's sheets used, an indication of the book's thickness.

THOMAS SIMSON. On the errors of both the ancients and the moderns regarding materia medica. In his Dissertations on medical matters. Edinburgh, 1726. Octavo edition. Dissertation I, page 1.

Anonymous. "On the harmful substitution of simple medicines Simplicium (Simples) refers to individual medicinal herbs or minerals, as opposed to "compounds" which were complex mixtures of many ingredients. in pharmacies." Breslau Natural and Art History, 11th Essay, page 110. original: "Brefsl. Natur - und Kunftgefch."

HEINRICH JOHANN NEPOMUK CRANZ. Dissertation: Therefore, many things in the pharmacies are deservedly condemned. Vienna, 1759.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR. Dissertation: Therefore, the pharmacopoeias must be corrected. Dispensatoria (Dispensatories or pharmacopoeias) were official books containing instructions for the identification and preparation of medicines. Same place, same year.

JOHANN HEINRICH MEDER. Dissertation on simple medicines which pharmaceutical workshops can easily do without. Göttingen, 1760. Quarto.

GOTTFRIED CHRISTOPH BEIREIS. Dissertation on useless medicines received into medicine through perverse opinions. Respondent: Pape. Helmstedt, 1767. Quarto. 13 sheets.

KARL BAUER. Dissertation on the vain and superfluous use of certain remedies. Strasbourg, original: "Argent." for Argentoratum, the Latin name for Strasbourg. 1767. Quarto. 3 sheets.

ERNST PLATNER. Dissertation in which certain medicines accused of being inert are defended. Respondent and author: G. L. Haertling. Leipzig, 1778. Quarto.

JOHANN HERMANN FÜRSTENAU. In Things Lacking in Medicine. original: "Defideratis medicis" Leipzig, 1727. Octavo edition. Chapter V deals with materia medica, and demonstrates how much in this field is useless.

SANCTORIUS SANCTORIUS. Sanctorius (1561–1636) was a famous Italian physician known for his studies on metabolism and his invention of the clinical thermometer. Book on the discovery of remedies, annexed to his Method of Avoiding Errors. Genoa, 1630. Quarto.

MARTIN GOTTHOLD LOESCHER. Dissertation on the discovery of remedies. Respondent: Meybach. Wittenberg, 1729. Quarto.