Article ID: CBB000101319

George Fordyce MD, FRS (1736--1802): Physician-chemist and eccentric (2001)

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Description Discusses Fordyce's work on pharmacopia, agriculture, anti-phlogiston, and (in clinical medicine) on fevers.


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Authors & Contributors
Telle, Joachim
Kühlmann, Wilhelm
Debus, Allen G.
Clericuzio, Antonio
Silva Filho, Wellington Bernardelli
Giovannetti-Singh, Gianamar
Concepts
Chemistry
Iatrophysical school
Medicine
Agricultural chemistry
Pharmacy
Materia medica
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
16th century
19th century
Early modern
21st century
Places
Spain
Great Britain
Naples (Italy)
Valencia (Spain)
Sweden
Portugal
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Smithsonian Institution
Oxford University
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