Lecture notes
Subject
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Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Notes on the lectures of Eli Ives
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/123
Scope and Contents
Notes by student, possibly Richard O. Flynn, taken from lectures of Eli Ives on materia medica at the Medical
Institution of Yale College, 1822-1823. Ives defines materia medica, explains classification system, then
describes individual substances and uses according to system in the following order: narcotics, antispasmodics,
irritants, tonics, aromatics, astringents, emetics, cathartics, emmenagogues, diuretics, diaphoretics,
expectorants, sialagogues, and errhines.
Dates:
1822 - 1823
