Raffaele A. Bernabeo
Chair of History of Medicine University of Bologna
Keywords:
Pharmacopoeia , Bologna , Aldovrandi
Abstract
The first edition of the Antidotario Bolognese was issued in 1574, having been compiled by a Medical Commitee presided by the protophysician Ulisse Aldovrandi. Many extended and revised editions followed up to the nineteenth century, when the book fell progressively into disuse.