LETTSOM, John Coakley (1744 – 1815)
1744 – 1815
6 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1772 CE
#13627
The natural history of the tea-tree, with observations on the medical qualities of tea, and effects of tea-drinking.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1772 CE
#7660
The naturalist's and traveller's companion. Containing instructions for discovering and preserving objects of natural history....
Digital facsimile of the first edition from Google Books at this link. Digital facsimile of the corrected, enlarged, and more elegant second edition of 1774 from the Internet Archive at this link.
1778 CE
#6381
History of the origin of medicine, delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Medical Society of London, January 19, 1778, and printed at their request. To which are since added, various historical illustrations.
The work covers the "origin of medicine" from the time of the Creation to the Trojan War (6000 – 1184 BCE), and describes both Old and New World medical practices of the period. The lectures were necessarily rel…
1779 CE–1787 CE
#2071
Some remarks on the effects of lignum quassiae amarae.
Includes (p. 151) “original account of alcoholism, which is incidentally the first paper on the drug habit” (Garrison).
1795 CE
#3111
Hints respecting the chlorosis of boarding schools.
1817 CE
#12694
Memoirs of the life and writings of the late John Coakley Lettsom..., with a selection from his correspondence
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.