Tractatus De Materia Medica; Volume 2

This famous work on vegetable remedies, which was first published in French in 1718, consists of Geoffroy’s lectures delivered at the Collège de France in 1711-12. It includes descriptions and therapeutic uses of many plant remedies, along with an explanation of their physiological effects, chemical composition, and modes of preparation.

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