Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566)
1961; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 264; Issue: 18 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1056/nejm196105042641811
ISSN1533-4406
Autores Tópico(s)Botanical Studies and Applications
ResumoTHE memory of Leonhart Fuchs has been kept fresh by the thoughtfulness of a botanist, Charles Plumier, who named the lovely fuchsia for the once famous physician in grateful recognition of his beautiful herbal published in 1542. De historia stirpium is a botanical masterpiece. This sumptuous folio was printed by Michael Isingrin at Basel, and contains more than 500 wood-block illustrations of native (German) and foreign plants considered in the midsixteenth century of use to medicine. Among them are the earliest European drawings of certain American plants, including the pumpkin gourd and Indian corn. The pictures, drawn from fresh specimens, . . .
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