Poisons and Antidotes 6:

𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐕𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐜, 𝟏𝟓𝟖𝟏
from Pietro Andrea Mattioli, "I Discorsi" (Venice: heirs of Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1581), II.6, p. 244.

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Fascinating article by Alain Touwaide and Emanuela Appetiti on Mattioli's Taxonomical Troubles in his Medical Botany #histmed #plantstudies #botany #renaissance #taxonomy #materiamedica #mattioli