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Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1982 July; 70(3): 310–317.
PMCID: PMC226714
John Brown's Elementa Medicinae: An Introductory Bibliographical Essay *
Judith A. Overmier, Curator
Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* This essay was awarded the Murray Gottlieb Prize in 1980.
Abstract
This Gottlieb essay reports the initial findings of an in-progress bibliographic study of the Elementa Medicinae of the eighteenth century Scottish physician, John Brown (1735-1788). The bibliographic history of each of the three pivotal London editions of 1788, 1795, and 1804 is described in detail; Mexican, German, and American editions are also described.
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  • Risse GB. Schelling, "Naturphilosophie" and John Brown's system of medicine. Bull Hist Med. 1976 Fall;50(3):321–334. [PubMed]