Historical Bibliography Updated: July 14, 2026
Medical botany: or, Descriptions of the more important plants used in medicine, with their history, properties, and mode of administration.
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847.
The author intended to update and correct the earlier works on American materia medica by Barton, Bigelow and Rafinesque, and to make this information available at a reasonable price. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.
Subjects
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
|---|---|
| Entry Number | #8545 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/10722 |
| Author Bio Link | plants.jstor.org ↗ |
| External URL | medical-botany-or-descriptions-of-the-more-important-plants-used-in-medicine-with-their-history-properties-and-mode-of-administration |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Philadelphia