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A Short Account of the Materia Medica of Patna

Author: Irvine, R. H.

Keywords: Medicine, Native Medicine, Botany, Medical, Medica, Patna, Biology, Chemistry, Herbology, Botanical Study

Publisher: W. Ridsdale, Military orphan Press, 1848

Description: This book is a product of an investigation into the nature and properties of the native medicines in Patna. The book includes a study of these medicines’ remedies, natural character, sensible qualities, effects on the living system, theories of their actions, and useful applications. The author felt that the practice of medicine in Patna is based on superstition and licentiousness, and thus, would be hugely beneficial with the proper use of these medicines. The book lists the common and botanical names and the origin of the medicines, and also gives remarks about how to use the medicine and in what dosage.

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Irvine, R. H.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-12T12:13:16Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-12T12:13:16Z
dc.description This book is a product of an investigation into the nature and properties of the native medicines in Patna. The book includes a study of these medicines’ remedies, natural character, sensible qualities, effects on the living system, theories of their actions, and useful applications. The author felt that the practice of medicine in Patna is based on superstition and licentiousness, and thus, would be hugely beneficial with the proper use of these medicines. The book lists the common and botanical names and the origin of the medicines, and also gives remarks about how to use the medicine and in what dosage.
dc.format.extent 129 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher W. Ridsdale, Military orphan Press, 1848
dc.subject Medicine, Native Medicine, Botany, Medical, Medica, Patna, Biology, Chemistry, Herbology, Botanical Study
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1848
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-005236
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Irvine, R. H.
dc.date.accessioned 2019-03-12T12:13:16Z
dc.date.available 2019-03-12T12:13:16Z
dc.description This book is a product of an investigation into the nature and properties of the native medicines in Patna. The book includes a study of these medicines’ remedies, natural character, sensible qualities, effects on the living system, theories of their actions, and useful applications. The author felt that the practice of medicine in Patna is based on superstition and licentiousness, and thus, would be hugely beneficial with the proper use of these medicines. The book lists the common and botanical names and the origin of the medicines, and also gives remarks about how to use the medicine and in what dosage.
dc.format.extent 129 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher W. Ridsdale, Military orphan Press, 1848
dc.subject Medicine, Native Medicine, Botany, Medical, Medica, Patna, Biology, Chemistry, Herbology, Botanical Study
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1848
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-005236
dc.format.medium text