1511 MARBODIUS OF RENNES, [Marbodus, Marbode] (1035 – 1123)

Libellus de lapidibus preciosis nuper editus.

The earliest medieval lapidary, and also the one which was quoted most widely. By the fourteenth century it was translated into French, Provençal, Italian, Irish, and Danish, and it was the first of Marbodius's works …

GMN 9183 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11362

1565 GESNER, Conrad [Konrad Gessner] (1516 – 1565); KENTMANN, Johannes (1518 – 1574)

De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmodi, libri aliquote, plerique nunc primum editi.

A collection of eight separate tracts, most with their own title page, by seven authors, all edited, and some with commentary by Gesner. The work is relevant for the history of "natural history" for containing Kentman…

GMN 11490 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13689

1648 ALDROVANDI, Ulisse [ALDROVANDUS] (1522 – 1605)

Musaeum metallicum in libros IIII distributum Bartholomaeus Ambrosinus ... labore, et studio composuit cum indice copiosissimo.

Digital facsimile from the University of Bologna at this link.

GMN 7557 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9729

1787 HALLE, Johann Samuel (1727 – 1810)

Gifthistorie des Thier- Pflanzen- und Mineralreichs, nebst den Gegengiften, und der medicinischen Anwendung der Gifte, nach den neuesten Toxicologen.

This work was not illustrated. Digital facsimile from Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.

GMN 10480 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12673

1832 STEPHENSON, John (1790 – 1864)

Medical zoology, and mineralogy; or, illustrations and descriptions of the animals and minerals employed in medicine and of the preparations derived from them: Including also an account of animal and mineral poisons: With figures coloured from nature.

Includes 42 hand-colored plates. Digital facsimile from the Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 9680 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11867

1879 BURNETT, James Compton (1840 – 1901)

Gold as a remedy in disease, notably in some forms of organic heart disease, angina pectoris, melancholy, tedium vitae, scrofula, syphilis, skin disease, & as an antidote to the ill effects of mercury.

Burnett, a homeopath, provided an excellent summary of the history of gold as it was used in medicine, with extensive references to the historical literature. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 8852 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11030

1902 FÜHNER, Hermann (1871 – 1944)

Lithotherapie: Historische Studien über die medizinische Verwendung der Edelsteine.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 8961 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11140

1972 GOLTZ, Dietlinde

Studien zur Geschichte der Mineralnamen in Pharmazie, Chemie und Medizin von den Anfängen bis Paracelsus.

GMN 13358 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15629

2002 REINBACHER, W. Rudolph

Healing earths: The third leg of medicine. A history of minerals in medicine.

GMN 13768 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16053

2005 SELINUS, Olle

Essentials of medical geology: Impacts of the natural environment on public health. Editor-in-chief: Olle Selinus.

"... emphasizes the importance and interrelationships of geological processes to the health and diseases of humans and animals. Its accessible format fosters better communication between the health and geoscience comm…

GMN 13769 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/16054

2010 KÄS, Fabian

Die Mineralien in Der Arabischen Pharmakognosie: Eine Konkordanz Zur Mineralischen Materia Medica Der Klassischen Arabischen Heilmittelkunde Nebst ... Kommission (Vok) der A).

GMN 13456 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15730

2013 DUFFIN, Christopher J.; MOODY, R. T. J.; GARDNER-THORPE, C.

A history of geology and medicine.

GMN 7556 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9728