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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Medical flora or Manual of the medical botany of the United States of North America |
| Reference | Log.1952.D |
| Library | The Library Company of Philadelphia |
| Date | c. 1828 |
| Author | Rafinesque, C. S. |
| Publisher / Printer / Lithographer | Atkinson & Alexander |
| Place of Creation | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Description | The eccentric Rafinesque was one of several American naturalists who published medical herbals. Here the colour is printed, not applied by hand; but before the 1840s only one colour could be printed at a time. Green was the logical choice. |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Theme(s) | Botanic Medicine |
| Keywords | botany, medicine, cure, disease, tonic |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Library Company of Philadelphia’s catalogue, and 'An Annotated Catalogue of the Edward C. Atwater Collection of American Popular Medicine and Health Reform', compiled by Christopher Hoolihan. |
| Copyright | The Library Company of Philadelphia |