King's American Dispensatory
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King's American Dispensatory is a book first published in 1854 that covers the uses of herbs used in American medical practice, especially by those involved in Eclectic medicine
which was the botanical school of medicine in the 19th to 20th centuries. In 1880 John Uri Lloyd
, without a doubt, the most famous and accomplished eclectic pharmacist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, promised his friend, Professor King, to revise the pharmaceutical and chemical sections of the American Dispensatory. Eighteen years later an entirely rewritten eighteenth edition (third revision) was published in 1898. It was co-authored by eclectic physician Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D.
A reprint of the 1898 edition can be found on Henriette Kress
' encyclopedic herbal website (see link below) along with other herbal compendiums of the era.
Eclectic medicine
Eclectic medicine was a branch of American medicine which made use of botanical remedies along with other substances and physical therapy practices, popular in the latter half of the 19th and first half of the 20th centuries....
which was the botanical school of medicine in the 19th to 20th centuries. In 1880 John Uri Lloyd
John Uri Lloyd
John Uri Lloyd was an American pharmacist influential to the development of pharmacognosy, ethnobotany, economic botany, and herbalism.He also wrote novels set in northern Kentucky...
, without a doubt, the most famous and accomplished eclectic pharmacist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, promised his friend, Professor King, to revise the pharmaceutical and chemical sections of the American Dispensatory. Eighteen years later an entirely rewritten eighteenth edition (third revision) was published in 1898. It was co-authored by eclectic physician Harvey Wickes Felter, M.D.
Harvey Wickes Felter
Harvey Wickes Felter was an eclectic medicine doctor and co-author with John Uri Lloyd of King's American Dispensatory and Felter's Eclectic Materia Medica.-External links:* @ Henriette Kress's Herbal website....
A reprint of the 1898 edition can be found on Henriette Kress
Henriette Kress
Henriette Kress, known as "cyberspace's herbal archivist" is a well-known Finnish herbalist who has developed one of the most encyclopedic noncommercial web sites on herbal medicine worldwide...
' encyclopedic herbal website (see link below) along with other herbal compendiums of the era.
External links
- King's American Dispensatory @ Henriette's Herbal