Materia Medica
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Yardley Clark notes on the lectures of John Syng Dorsey
Collection
Identifier: 10a 306
Scope and Contents
One volume (131, 250, 11 leaves) of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania. The first section is a general lecture on therapeutics, which includes subsection “the modus operandi of medicines”. The second section covers bloodletting and the following materia medica: emetics, cathartics, diuretics, antilithics, diaphoretics, sialagogues, emenagogues, anthelmintics, stimulants, narcotics, antispasmodics, tonics, and epispastics. The last...
Dates:
1816 - 1817
