These manuscripts comprise two copies of a work on the theory and extensive therapeutic uses of Peruvian balsam, probably produced in Mexico in the second half of the 18th century.
AnonymousMiscellaneous manuscripts, 1809-[1840], including on the growth of plants, polarity theory and the history of physic.
Prout , William , 1785-1850The papers in this collection comprise official documentation issued by the authorities in New Spain (specifically, in Mexico). They include the appointment of José Gracida y Bernal (1760?-1815) as one of the Protomedicatos who were in charge of medical matters in New Spain (WMS/Amer.96); three certificates issued by Protomedicatos giving individuals licence to practice medicine (WMS/Amer.51, 64 and 97); a copy of a notice suspending quarantine procedures in the city of Mexico during the fever epidemic of 1813 (WMS/Amer.3); and a order authorising payment to F.X. de Balmis (1753-1819) for work on indigenous plants in the treatment of syphilis (WMS/Amer.62).
DepositorThe items in this collection comprise returns from local Thenientes to a survey launched by the Justicia mayor of Sonora province, Patricio Antonio Gómez de Cossio. The subject of the survey was the fruits, trees (economic and medicinal) and medicinal herbs of the province.
Amarillas , Joaquin , de , fl 1783 Pablos , Blas Antonio , fl 1784 Tamayo , Joseph , fl 1784 Cossio , Patricio Antonio Gómez , de , fl 1783-1784 Mexico , Sonora , provincial governmentPapers of the Medico-Botanical Society of London, 1815-1852, including correspondence letters and administrative papers of the Society, primarily relating to membership issues. In addition there are papers of John Frost (1803-1840), MS.7691 (4 items), relating either to botanical interests or the Medico-Botanical Society .
Medico-Botanical Society of London Frost , John , 1803–1840 , medical entrepreneurNotes and extracts on vegetable materia medica, botany, etc. (with the exception of MS.2882, which deals with British insects, and MS.7961 which consists of general correspondence). The plants discussed include species from Africa, Asia and the Americas. Many of the pieces are drafts of lectures (to bodies such as the Royal Botanic Society) or of papers later published in journals such as the Pharmaceutical Journal, Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, etc. Some items include inserted correspondence.
Holmes , Edward Morell , 1843-1940 , botanist and lecturer in materia medica Batters , Edward Arthur Lionel , 1860-1907 , botanistNotes of Pierre Jean Baptiste Chomel on plants and on medicine, [1715-1730].
Chomel , Pierre Jean Baptiste , 1671-1740 , physician and botanist