AINSLIE, Whitelaw (1767 – 1837)
1767 – 1837
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
1813 CE
#6975
Materia medica of Hindoostan, and artisan’s and agriculturist’s nomenclature.
The first book in English on the materia medica of India, and a pioneering work in the field of Indian medical history. Ainslie joined the British East India Company as an assistant surgeon in 1788 and spent the next …
1826 CE
#8523
Materia Indica; or, some account of those articles which are employed by the Hindoos and other eastern nations, in their medicine, arts, and agriculture; comprising also formulae, with practical observations, names of diseases in various eastern languages, and a copious list of oriental books immediately connected with general science. 2 vols.
Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.