Notes of Lectures on Materia Medica by Charles Alston
Scope and Contents
Lectures on materia medica and "methodus praescribendi" by Charles Alston, Edinburgh 24 April 1736. Printed rules of the Belfast Medical Library (Ulster Medical Society) February 1829, pasted inside upper board.
Dates
- Creation: 1736
Creator
- Alston, Charles, 1683-1760 (physician and botanist) (Presenter, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Charles Alston was Professor of Botany and Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh from 1738-1760, in which capacity he also served as the Keeper of Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Gardens and Holyrood Palace 1720-1738.
Full Extent
1 volume
Custodial History
Ink inscription front fly-leaf: "Alex^r Breading Ex Liber."
Previous reference
Dk.7.1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession numbers: E58/22
Accessioned in 1958.
Presented to the Materia Medica Department, Edinburgh University in 1915 by the Ulster Medical Society, Belfast. Transferred from Materia Medica Department in 1958.
Physical Description
Brown, leather bound. Banded spine. Title on binding, red leather overlay: "Alston Lectures 1736."
Source
- Ulster Medical Society (1862-) (Belfast) (Donor, Organization)
- Title
- Notes of Lectures on Materia Medica by Charles Alston, 1736
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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