The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Volume 2, Part 2

This encyclopaedic work, a pioneering text in pharmacology, is reissued here in its revised and expanded fourth edition (1854–7).

Jonathan Pereira (Author)

9781108068451, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 23 January 2014

912 pages, 132 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.2 x 5.2 cm, 1.31 kg

After training as an apothecary and surgeon, Jonathan Pereira (1804–53) taught materia medica for many years. His lectures at the medical school in London's Aldersgate Street were highly successful and formed the basis for the first edition of his major encyclopaedic work on medicinal substances. A pioneering text in the field of pharmacology, Pereira's work, which he subsequently updated in further editions, provided pharmacists and medical professionals with a more rigorous scientific understanding of the drugs and remedies they prescribed. After Pereira's death, medical jurist Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–80) and physician George Owen Rees (1813–89) prepared this revised and expanded fourth edition, interspersed with instructive woodcuts. Volume 2 is divided into two parts. Part 2 (1857) contains new articles, additional illustrations and a separate index. It concludes the analysis of organic compounds, both vegetable and animal.

Preface to the fourth edition
Part IV (cont.): 51. Pyrolaceae
52. Ericaceae
53. Lobeliaceae
54. Compositae
55. Valerianaceae
56. Rubiaceae
57. Caprifoliaceae
58. Araliaceae
59. Umbelliferae
60. Cucurbitaceae
61. Myrtaceae
62. Lythraceae
63. Granateae
64. Rosaceae
65. Leguminosae
65(a). Terebinthaceae
66. Rhamnaceae
67. Simarubaceae
68. Rutaceae
69. Zygophyllaceae
70. Oxalidaceae
71. Vitaceae
72. Guttiferae
73. Aurantiaceae
74. Ternstromiaceae
75. Dipteraceae
76. Byttneriaceae
77. Malvaceae
78. Linaceae
79. Caryophyllaceae
80. Polygaleae
81. Violaceae
82. Cistaceae
83. Crucifereae
84. Papaveraceae
85. Menispermaceae
86. Magnoliaceae
87. Ranunculaceae
88. Myricaceae
89. Podophylleae
90. Juglandeae
91. Geraniaceae
92. Cornaceae
Mixed Products
Part V. Animal Sub-Kingdom: 1. Poriphera
2. Polypiphera
3. Conchifera
4. Cephalopoda
5. Annulosa
6. Insecta
7. Crustacea
8. Pisces
9. Aves
10. Mammalia
Historical table
Index.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST]