The opinion of Herman Boerhaave on medicines, through a non-authorized book

The treatise of the Virtue of medicines - Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) was a well known physician from Leiden, who was essentially known in France for the syndrome that received his name and for three of his books, which had been translated in French, and had much success during the 18th century, El...

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Published inRevue d'histoire de la pharmacie Vol. 59; no. 370; p. 221
Main Author Lafont, Olivier
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.07.2011
Subjects
France
History, 18th Century
Materia Medica - history
Netherlands
Pharmaceutical Preparations - history
Pharmacy - history
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France
Netherlands
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Summary:The treatise of the Virtue of medicines - Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738) was a well known physician from Leiden, who was essentially known in France for the syndrome that received his name and for three of his books, which had been translated in French, and had much success during the 18th century, Elements of Chemistry, Aphorisms and Materia Medica. There was also a fourth book, The Treatise of the Virtue of Medicines, redacted by his students from notes taken during his lessons, which was translated in French in 1729. This volume, in in-8e format, of 471 pages, did not have the same success as his other books. It is anyway very interesting, because it shows that Boerhaave, even if he were Professor of Chemistry was not at all an iatrochemist but behaved as an iatromechanic.
ISSN:0035-2349