was handwritten by JA Schmidt
Lehrbuch De Materia Medica
Study of drugs from biological origin
PHARMACOGNOSY
Pathways of the substances and its Constituents
Biochemical
Drugs Medicinal properties and Pharmacological effect
Biologic
The Father of Medicine
HIPPOCRATES
Has (600 medicinal plants)
De Materia Medica
Developed the most comprehensive scope and
idea of pharmacognosy
Friedrich August Flückiger
wrote the “De Materia Médica”
Pedanius Dioscorides
Covered all information on medicines from natural sourced
Analecta Pharmacognostica (1815)
Discovered a papyrus in Egypt
Georg Ebers
important ingredients in the embalming ritual of mummies
Myrrh