Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 179 



This is an unpublished manuscript, forming a book 

 of two hundred and eighty pages, all in the handwriting 

 of Rafinesque. The title was kindly transcribed by 

 Doctor Goode. The work is preserved in the Library 

 of Congress, at Washington, and is one of several man 

 uscripts left by him. It is one of Rafinesque s general 

 historical works projected but never completed. 



168. Medical Flora; | or Manual | of the [ Medical Botany | of the 

 United States | of | North America. | Containing | a selection 

 of above 100 figures and descriptions of Medi | cal Plants, 

 with their names, qualities, properties, | history, &c, : | and 

 notes or remarks on nearly | 500 equivalent substitutes. | In 

 two volumes. | - - | Volume the first ; | A=H | with 52 

 plates. | | Medical Plants are compound Medicines pre 

 pared by the hands of Nature, &c. Med. Princ. 31. | = | By 

 C. S. Rafinesque A. M. Ph. D. | * * * | = = | Philadelphia : 

 Printed & Published by Atkinson & Alexander. No. 112 

 Chestnut Street. 1828. [Vol. II. 1830.] 

 Vol. I, pp. (4) i-xii, 1-268, pll 1-52. (1828) 

 Vol. II (Volume the Second with 48 plates) Phila. Published 

 by Samuel C. Atkinson | | ( 1830). pp. 1-276. pll 53-100. 



This work, which possesses real value, was dedicated 

 to Doctor Torrey, Doctor Short, and Stephen Elliott, Esq. 

 The matter is alphabetically arranged, and embellished 

 with plates which are in outline and printed in green 

 ink. A .considerable number of copies were purchased 

 by individuals at the auction sale of the effects of Raf 

 inesque. 



