760 APPENDIX. 



He was a student of medicine and natural sciences in \he Universities of Sala- 

 manca and Alcala, and a teacher and physician in the University of Coimbra 

 (or Lissabon 1). In 1534 Garcia accompanied Martini Affonso de Souza, grand 

 admiral of the Indian fleet, to Goa, and lived there as a royal physician 

 (Physico d'El Rey) to the hospital. Garcia appears to have been still living 

 there in 1562, when he obtained the vice-regal privilege for his book 

 " Coloquios dos simples e drogas he cousas medi^nais da India, e assi dalguas 

 frutas achadas nella ande se tratam. , . , Impresso em Goa, por Joannes de 

 endem as x de Abril de 1563," 436 pp., 4°. (British Museum). ^ — F. A. von 

 Varnhagen has caused the Coloquios to be reprinted in 1872 at Lisbon. 

 Garcia de Orta's Coloquios are, notwithstanding the utterly diflused style of 

 the work, a precious source of information on eastern drugs. They had the 

 good chance to be translated, as early as the year 1567, by Clusius, who 

 omitted the insignificant parts of the book, re-arranged it conveniently, and 

 added valuable notes. See Fliickiger in Buchner's*Repertorium fiir Pharmacie, 

 XXV. (1876) 63-69. 



See pages 43. 86. 130. 154. 200. 225. 241. 272. 405. 415. 429. 462. 512. 

 521. 527. 547. 585. 638. 644. 712. 



Oviedo, Capitan Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes — See Fer- 

 nandez. 



Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus, an agricultural author of the 

 4th or 5th century of our era, living probably in northern Italy. We have 

 chiefly referred to Nisard's edition of the fourteen books of Palladius " De re 

 rustica," which is contained in Firmin Didot's "Les Agronomes latins," Paris, 

 1877. 



See page 328. 



Parkinson, John, 1567-1629 (1), an apothecary of London, and direc- 

 tor of the Royal Gardens at Hampton Court. Theatrum botanicum, or an 

 herball of large extent London, 1640. fol. 



See pages 84. 189. 287. 429. 469. 470. 500. 556. 589. 616. 623. 648. 

 698. 731, 



Paulus iEgineta (Paulos Aiginetes), a physician of the first half oi 

 the 7th century of our era, who appears to have lived for some time at Alex- 

 andria. Author of "seven books" on medicine, which have been first pub- 

 lished, in Greek, in 1528 at Venice, and, in Latin, in 1532 at Paris, translated 

 by Winter (Guinterus) of Andernach : Comj^endii medici libri septem. We 

 have also referred to the translation of Adams. 



See pages 3. 35. 175. 183. 271. 281. 559. 563. 



Pavon, Jose, a Spanish botanist, who explored in common with Ruiz the 

 flora of Peru. Biographic particulars about Pavon are wanting even in Col- 

 meiro's La botanica y los botanicos de la peninsula Hispano-Lusitana, 

 Madrid, 1858. 181. 



See pages 345. 590. 



Paxi or Pasi, Bartolomeo di; the author of a curious book giving 

 practical information about the weights and measures in use in various coun- 

 tries. There are many editions, the first of which, as examined in 1876 by one 

 of us (F.A.F.) in the library of San Marco, Venice, is found to bear the 

 following title : — " Qui comincia la utilissima opera chiamata Tariplm, la qvol 

 tracta de ogni sorte de pexi e misure conrispondenti per tuto il mondo fata e 

 composta per lo excelente e eximio Miser Bartholomeo di Faxi da Venezia. 

 Stampado in uenezia per Albertin da lisona uercellese regnante 1 inclyto prin- 

 cipe miser Leonardo Loredano. Anno domini 1503. A di 26 del mese de 

 luio." 



See pages 235. 609. 



