A medicinal dispensatory, containing the vvhole body of physick : discovering the natures, properties, and vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals: the manner of compounding medicaments, and the way to administer them. Methodically digested in five books of philosophical and pharmaceutical institutions; three books of physical materials galenical and chymical. Together with a most perfect and absolute pharmacopoea or apothecaries shop. Accommodated with three useful tables. Composed by the illustrious Renodæus, chief physician to the monarch of France; and now Englished and revised, by Richard Tomlinson of London, apothecary.

  • Renou, Jean de
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1657
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Dispensatorium medicum. English
Medicinal dispensatory, containing the vvhole body of physick
With added engraved title page reading: Renodæus his dispensatory containing the whole body of pharmacy
Caption title on p. 1: Jo. Renodæus medick, his five books of physical institutions
Three books of medicinal materials
Pharmaceutrical shop
Physical dictionary, or, An interpretation of such crabbed words and terms of art, as are derived from the Greek and Latin, and used in physick, anatomy, chirurgery, and chymistry.

Publication/Creation

London : printed by Jo: Streater and Ja: Cottrel; and are to be sold by Henry Fletcher at the three gilt Cups neer the west-end of Pauls, 1657.

Physical description

52 unnumbered pages, 94, 97-174, 177-216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 217-404, 377-738 pages, 24 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates

References note

Wing (2nd ed., 1994) R1037A

Notes

An English translation, by Richard Tomlinson, of: Renou, Jean de. Translation of: Dispensatorium medicum.
Includes index.
"Three books of medicinal materials" has separate dated title page and register; pagination is more or less continuous.
"The pharmaceutrical shop" has separate dated title page; register and pagination are continuous.
Text and register are continuous despite pagination.
Pagest stained; some print show-through.
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2152:2) s1999 miun s

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