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THE LITITZ PHARMACOPOEIA [BROWN, WILLIAM.] Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum, in usum nosocomii militaris, ad Exercitum Foederatum Americae

THE LITITZ PHARMACOPOEIA [BROWN, WILLIAM.] Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum, in usum nosocomii militaris, ad Exercitum Foederatum Americae Civitatum pertinentis. 32 pages. interleaved, with scattered Latin formulas for remedies in contemporary hand. 8vo, disbound, backed with cloth in the 19th-century; occasional soiling, foxing, and minor stains. Contemporary signature of Samuel Dingfield. Philadelphia: Styner & Cist, 1778

  • Notes: first edition of the first original pharmacopoeia published in the united states. "Brown was stationed at the army hospital at Lititz, Pa., and was physician-general of the Middle Department of the Continental Army. The work is sometimes cited as the Lititz Pharmacopoeia"--Austin 297. Garrison-Morton 1834.

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