Alston's Lectures on the Materia Medica

Neatly written by the same hand throughout, but the writer's name is not stated. Title: "The Materia Medica | From the Lectures | of | Dr. Charles Alston | Regius Professor of Botany | In the University of | Edinburgh." The contents are as follows:-Introduction, history and classification (pp. 1-82); Minerals (pp. 85-147); Salts (pp. 148-165); Sulphurs (pp. 166-182); Earths (pp. 182-202); Vegetables generally (pp. 205-215); Roots (pp. 216-326); Barks (pp. 327-343); Woods (pp. 344-355); Leaves, Tops and Flowers (pp. 356-397); Fruits (pp. 398-418); Seeds (pp. 419-436); Inspissated Juices (pp. 437-498); Animals (pp. 499-573); Parts of Animals (pp. 514-539).

C. 1720

270 folios, Paged 1-539 4to. 24 × 19 cm. Modern binding.

Alston's own copy of these lectures is in the collection (MS. No. 98).

Described in: Warren R. Dawson, Manuscripta medica. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of the Medical Society of London (London, 1932).