Virgules replaced by commas in title page transcription.

Translation, by Johann Christian Rodochs, of the author's: Verhandelinge van de opertatien ofte werkingen der medicamenten ins̀ menschen lighaam, printed in Amsterdam, 1690.

Pages 52-72 contain a letter by Dionysius van der Sterre dated Curacao October 9, 1688, concerning his experiences in the West Indies.

"Pharmacopoea, oder Apothecker-Bewölbe, gestellet nach der weise der heutigen verbesserten praxi", p. [305]-360, has divisional title page and contains recipes for prescriptions containing such plants as aloe, guaiac, and Peruvian balsam.

Elsewhere in the text are references to tobacco, snuff, peppers from Brazil, and acupuncture in China and Japan.

Signatures: a⁸ (a1 verso blank) A-Z⁸

Title page printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.

Catalogue of seventeenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, 1334.

Verzeichnis der im deutschen Sprachbereich erschienenen Drucke des XVII. Jahrhunderts (VD 17), 23:243212V.

Purchase; 2016; 17-200.

Text primarily in German with many botanical and medical names in Latin.

John Carter Brown Library copy quarter bound in modern brown morocco with speckled paper-covered boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Brooker Fund.