An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

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PEREIRA, Jonathan

2 entries
  • 1856

The elements of materia medica, comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines. 2 vols.

London: Longman, 1839 – 1840.

The first great English work on the subject, widely published and used in England and America. Pereira was Professor of Materia Medica at the School of Pharmacy set up by the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.  Digital facsimile of the first edition from  the Hathi Trust at this link.

Pereira revised and expanded this work through four editions, the last of which appeared the year after his death. By its fourth edition the work was expanded to two volumes in three and the title was also expanded, somewhat grandiosely, to read "Fourth edition, enlarged and improved, including notices of most of the medicinal substances in use in the civilized world, and forming an encyclopedia of materia medica."  Digital facsimile of the fourth edition from the Hathi Trust at this link.




Subjects: PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Chemistry, Pharmaceutical, PHARMACOLOGY › PHARMACEUTICALS › Materia medica / Herbals / Herbal Medicines, PHARMACOLOGY › Pharmacodynamics
  • 12451

A treatise on food and diet: With observations on the dietetical regimen suited for disordered states of the digestive organs; and an account of the dietaries of some of the principal metropolitan and other establishments for paupers, lunatics, criminals, children, the sick, &c.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.



Subjects: NUTRITION / DIET