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Marcelli De medicamentis liber. Edited Georgius Helmreich.

MARCELLUS EMPIRICUS, (Marcellus Burdigalensis) (375 – 425) Wikipedia

HELMREICH, Georg (1849 – 1921) Wikipedia

Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1889.

Marcellus's compendium of pharmacological preparations drawing on the work of multiple medical and scientific writers as well as folk remedies and magic. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Facet Tags

Traditional & Indigenous
Alternative & Fringe Medicine
Pharmacology & Therapeutics

Subjects

ANCIENT MEDICINE › Late Antiquity ANCIENT MEDICINE › Roman Empire PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS TRADITIONAL, Folk or Indigenous Medicine

Catalog Metadata	Reference Information
Entry Number	#8330
Permanent Link	https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10506
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
External URL	marcelli-de-medicamentis-liber-edited-georgius-helmreich

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leipzig