Lecture notes on Dr. Barton's course in materia medica : manuscript.

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815, teacher.

Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materia medica--United States.

Materia medica.

Medicine--Study and teaching--19th century.

Medicine.

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine--19th century.

University of Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Lecture notes.

Manuscripts, English -- 19th century.

Manuscripts, American -- 19th century.

Physical Description:

1 item (74 pages) : paper ; 25 x 21 cm

Production:

Philadelphia, 1804 November 6 - 1805 March 2.

Contained In:

Miscellaneous Manuscripts. Box 27 Folder 18

Summary:

This short booklet of lecture notes begins with a history of Materia Medica (or "medicinal substances") and an overview of the methodologies of this branch of the sciences. Subsequent sections of the text describe different classes of medicines (such as astringents, diuretics and stimulants) and specific drugs, like cinchona bark, mercury and opium.

Cited as:

Lecture Notes on Dr. Barton's Course in Materia Medica (Misc Mss Box 27 Folder 18). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1583195321