LEIBNIZ, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646 – 1716)
1646 – 1716
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Christoph Bernhard Francke · Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, online · Public domain
1696 CE
#14002
G[othofredi]. G[uillelmi]. L[eibnitii]. Relatio ad inclytam Societatem Leopoldinam Naturae Curiosorum, de novo antidysenterico Americano magnis successibus comprobato.
This study of the ipecacuanha root and its effects as a emetic, nauseant, expectorant and dispahoretic, Leibniz issued on what he called "the new American antidysentery drug" after reading about the root in Piso and M…
2011 CE
#10493
Divine machines: Leibniz and the sciences of life.
"Smith offers the first in-depth examination of Leibniz's deep and complex engagement with the empirical life sciences of his day, in areas as diverse as medicine, physiology, taxonomy, generation theory, and paleonto…