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Pharmacopoeia Augustana

Picture Pharmacopoeia Augustana is one of the earliest European Pharmacopoeias.
It was translated and reprinted numerous times

Text:
Pharmacopoeia Augustana
“Enchiridion, sive vt vulgo vocant dispensatorium, compositorium medicamentorum, pro Reipub. Augstburgensis Pharmacopoeis”

Author & Tradition:
Adolf Occo, 1524-1606.
Western (European)


Year Published
1564

Brief Overview
Pharmacopoeia Augustana like other early European Pharmacopoeias is a compilation of formulas, largely from Mesue and Nicholas. It is concise, easily legible being well laid out for its time with other useful information such as Substitute medicines.

There were a number of Renovata, or later editions with additional formulas added from other authors.


See also:
Authors and Sources
Useful Medical Texts
Principle Herbals printed between 1470–1670
Chinese Medicine in European Texts
115 Herbs Common to Western Traditional Medicine and TCM