4.20 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
Mitra, s. Brabyla pro vulpecula excoriata asser- 
vanda. 
Peter Andreas Matthiolus, a physician at Siena, 
was born in the year 1500, and died at Trident, in 
1577, of the plague. He wasa very celebrated phy- 
sician, and we owe him several new medicines. He 
had carefully studied the works of the ancients, espe- 
cially of Dioscorides. His Kraeuterbuch, (work on 
plants), was written originally in Italian, but we have 
French and German translations of it*. 
Rembert Dodonaeus was born at Mecheln in 1517. 
He was one of the emperor’s physicians, and well 
known for his skill, all over Germany, France, and 
Italy. In the year 1583 he accepted of a call as 
Professor to Leyden, where he died 1585. His 
chief work t was far superior to any hitherto pub- 
lished, as well for the neatness and accuracy of the 
cuts it contained, as for the descriptions. It con- 
tains about 1330 very good figures, part of which 
are taken from Fuchsius, Clusius, and Matthrolus. 
Matthias de Lobel, physician to King James 1, 
of Great Britain, was born at Brussels in Flanders 
in 1538, and died in London 1616. ‘Together with 
Peter Pena, a physician in Provence, he wrote the 
Adversaria, part of his greater work. He says that 
* * Peter Andreas Matthiolus Kraéuterbuch, (work on herbs 
and plants), durch Joach. Camerarium. Frankfort. 1590. fol. 
with 1069 figures. The first Italian edition was without fi- 
gures, and appeared at Venice in 1548. 
+ Remberti ‘Dodonaei stitpium Historiae. Pemptades VI. 
Antwerp. 1616. fol. 
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