WRITERS ON MEDICINES original: "SCHRIFTST. V. ARZNEYMITTELN."

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1. B. THEODOSIUS. On many simple medicines discovered by the moderns, which were unknown to the ancients. In Medical Letters, Letter 4, page 50. original: "de multis medicamentis ſimplicibus... in Epiſtolis medicinal."

Proof that some medicines made known in recent times have a much older date of discovery. In Baldinger’s New Magazine, Volume 2, page 256.

VON GERSTENBERG. Observations on the true origin of some foreign medicines and materials belonging to the plant kingdom. In Proceedings of the Academy of Mainz, 1777. original: "Act. Acad. Moguntinae"

RUD. WILH. KRAUSE. Academic Program on the reckless contempt of certain simple medicines Simplicium (Simples) refers to individual medicinal herbs or minerals used alone, rather than complex mixtures. commended by the ancients. Jena, 1700. Quarto. 1 sheet.

ABRAH. VATER. On the growth of materia medica Materia Medica refers to the body of collected knowledge about the therapeutic properties of any substance used for healing. to be expected from newly discovered medicines. Wittenberg, 1718. Quarto.

JOH. FRANC. ROTA. A book on the introduction of Greek medicines; likewise a commentary on Galen’s first book "On the composition of medicines." Bologna, printed by A. Giaccarellus, 1553. Folio. 68 pages.

— Same work, reprinted in Bologna, 1575. Antwerp, 1585. Quarto.

This is a dictionary of plants, including passages from ancient authors and the author's opinion on whether a plant is known or unknown. original: "Eſt Dictionarium ſtirpium... num nota planta ſit, num ignoretur."

JOH. HEIMREICH. Explanation of several remedies and plants mentioned in the Talmud, in the Franconian Acts of the Learned, 3rd Collection no. 1, 5th Collection no. 2, and 7th Collection no. 3. The Talmud is a central text of Rabbinic Judaism; this entry highlights the historical interest in Jewish traditional medicine.

CARL LINNAEUS. The famous Swedish botanist who formalized binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. Dissertation: Obstacles to Medicine. Respondent: Beyersten. In the university system of the time, the "respondent" was the student defending the thesis, though the professor (Linnaeus) was often the primary author. Uppsala, 1752. Quarto.

— Found in his Academic Amenities, Volume 3, page 65.

Reviewed in the Göttingen Learned Announcements, 1753, page 107.

He inquires into the causes which result in many excellent remedies remaining hidden and neglected. original: "Inquirit in cauſas... vt quam plurima et egregia remedia lateant ac negligantur."

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