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Codex medicamentarius sive pharmacopoea gallica jussu regis optimi et ex mandato summi rerum internarum regni administri, editus a Facultate Medica Parisiensi anno 1818.
Paris: Hacquart, 1818.
The first French national pharmacopeia. The French pharmacopeia became the model for later national attempts to publish national pharmacopeias. Notably the first U.S. pharmacopeia was issued in 1820. After a legal notice in French this work is entirely in Latin, making in one of the later significant medical publications in Latin. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #10268 |
| Permanent Link | https://beta.historyofmedicine.com/id/12459 |
| External URL | codex-medicamentarius-sive-pharmacopoea-gallica-jussu-regis-optimi-et-ex-mandato-summi-rerum-internarum-regni-administri-editus-a-facultate-medica-parisiensi-anno-1818 |
Geographic Context
Publication place: Paris