APPENDIX. 759 



Macer Floridus, wrote, a.d. lUO, the book De vlribus Jierbarum. The 

 editio princeps was printed A.D. 1487 in Naples; the best edition is tliat of 

 Choulant, Leipzig, 1832 (140 pages). Nothing exact is known about tliat 

 author himself. . 



See pages 627. 642. 684. 



Marcellus Empiricus, a high functionary of the two emperors 

 Theodosius, towards the end of the 4th and in the bcginnhig of tlio r)tli 

 centuries. — De inediccmientis empiricis, physicis ac rationalibus liber. Basilea\ 

 1536. 



See pages 183. 729. 



Marcgraf, Georg, 1610-1644, astronomer and geograjiher to Count 

 Johann Moriz von Nassau. See Piso. 

 Seepages 187. 211. 228. 371. 



Masudi, or Almasudi, Ma^oudi. a.d. 900-958. Born at Bagdad, travelled 

 in Arabia, India, and in the East of Africa. One of the distinguished 

 geographic WTiters of the Arabs. His works are being published by the Socidt6 

 asiatique of Paris : Les Prairies dVr, texte et traduction par Barbier do 

 Meynard et Pavet de Courteille, 8 vols., 1869-1873 (in continuation). 



See pages 503. 573. 584. 600. 680. 



Mattioli, Pierandrea. Born in 1501 at Siena; living as a physician at 

 Trento, Gorz, Frag; died A.D. 1577. There are many editions of his chiet 

 work, Commentarii in sex libros Pedacii Dioscoridis Anazarbei de medica 

 materia. The first, in Italian, was published in 1544 at Venice. 



Seepages 32. 147. 183. 390. 439. 456. 609. 650. 



Meddygon Myddvai— See Physicians. 



Mesue, the younger. Jahj^ ben Masaweih ben Ahmed. . . . Born at 

 Maredin, Kurdistan, physician to the Khalif Alhakem at Cairo; died A.D. 1015. 



See pages 40. 225. 493. 



Monardes, Nicohls, 1493-1588, physician at Se;f a.-Historia m^^^^^^^ 

 de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias occidentals, que ^'^'^^^^^^^^ 

 cina. Sevilk, 1569. Latin edition by Clusius, Be ^--^P^f"/^^^^^^^^^ 

 ex occidentali India delatis, quorum in medicma^usus est. Ait^.rp. 

 See Hanbmys appreciation of the book: Pl^arm Journ i. (18/0) iJ». 



See pages 148, 202. 206. 443. 466, 534. 537. 69/. ^05. 



Mutis, Jos6 Celestino, 1732-1808; 1760, P^.^^^"^^. ^^a^^^ 

 New Granada; 1782, in/charge of an "expedicion -a^^^^^^^^^^^^ ;4,,3, 



country. See Triana's work, quoted ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ appear to have 



apparently with good reason, the merits of Mutis, >>mcn ^^u n 



been overrated by Humboldt. 



See pages 106. 345. , , . -r^^- • *Up 



Nikandros Kolophonios, of Klaros, near Kolophon m lon.a, m 



-2nd century B.C. Physician and poet. 



. 'ZZLe, Michel de. Born 1503 ^^^^I!::Z;J::''' 

 cian and astrologer at Aix and Lyons; died A.D. iovv 



See page 405. , • ■ t„ the emperor Julianus 



, Oribasios Pergamenos, a friend and pby" ^o^ ^ Barembery, 

 Apostata, 4th century. We referred chiefly to Bu..ema 

 Oeuvres comi^letes d'Oribasms, 6 vols., iS^MO/o. 



See pages 35. 129. 175. 183. 222. ^^S- ';9- ^^^ ^^,,,, „,Unown.) 



Orta, Garcia de, or Garcia ab Horto. (1 ears of birth 



