Medicina Britannica, or, A treatise on such physical plants, as are generally to be found in the fields or gardens in Great-Britain : containing a particular account of their nature, virtues, and uses / by Tho. Short.

Author/creator Short, Thomas
Other author Bartram, John, 1699-1777.
Format Electronic
Edition3rd ed.
Publication Info[Philadelphia] ; London printed ; Philadelphia re-printed : Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, 1751.
Descriptionxx, 339, 40, 7 p. ; 19 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subjects

Portion of title Treatise on such physical plants, as are generally to be found in the fields or gardens in Great-Britain
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteLibrary's copy imperfect: loss of text on p. 37.
General note"... [A]n appendix: containing the true preparation, preservation, uses and doses of most forms of remedies necessary for private families. With a preface by Mr. John Bartram, botanist of Pennsylvania, and his notes throughout the work, shewing the places where many of the described plants are to be found in these parts of America, their differences in name, appearance and virtue, from those of the same kind in Europe; and an appendix, containing a description of a number of plants peculiar to America, their uses, virtues, &c."
General notePreface by John Bartram.
General noteIncludes indexes.
General noteReproduction of original from Huntington Library.
General noteSabin no. 80574.
References RLIN, CTRG99-B1564
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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