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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, William, 1748-1792
Format: eBook
Language:Latin
Published: Philadelphiae : Ex officina Styner & Cist, MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]
Series:Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ; no. 15750.
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Online Access:Evans Digital Edition
Description
Item Description:"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, page [2], is dated: Lititz, Mart. 12, 1778.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:32 pages ; (octavo)
Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Place of Publication:United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.