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Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum, in usum nosocomii militaris, ad exercitum foederatarum Americae civitatum pertinentis; hodiernae nostrae inopiae rerumque angustiis, feroci hostium saevitiae, belloque crudeli ex inopinato patriae nostrae illato debitis, maxime accommodata.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1778 Bro Ar 78 B87
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, William, 1748-1792 34089
- Language:
- Latin
- Physical Description:
- 32p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphiae : Ex officina Styner & Cist, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
- Notes:
- "This was the first Pharmacopoeia published in the United States."--Hildeburn.
- Author's name taken from the title page of the "editio altera," Philadelphia, 1781. William Brown was stationed at the army hospital at Lititz, Pa., and was physician-general of the Middle Dept. of the Continental Army. The work is sometimes cited as the Lititz pharmacopoeia. The preliminary note, p. [2], is dated: Lititz, Mart. 12, 1778.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 15750; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3680; Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 297
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