[The Würzburg pharmakopoeias of the 18th and 19th centuries. New cognitions about the really published editions].
Up to now the history of the Würzburg pharmakopoeias was treated only cursorily. Solely the 'Würzburg book of medicines [from Ortolf]' of the 13th century has been treated often. But also the definition of the term "pharmacopoeia" is not uniformly used. Four of the seven Würzburg pharmacopoeias (pretendedly edited in 1777, 1778, 1782, 1796, 1807, 1813, and 1845) named in standard works could be eliminated as not published: the alleged editions of the 'Pharmacopoea Wirceburgensis' of 1777 and 1778, the 'Pharmacopoeia for poor people' from 1807 and the 'Military Pharmacopeia' from 1845. On the other hand two issues up to now not been registered were now newly determined: the second edition of the 'Pharmacopoea Herbipolitana' of 1782 (B), and the second edition of the 'Military Pharmacopoeia' (first edition 1813) of 1815. The author of the 'Pharmacopoea Herbipolitana/Wirceburgensis' was Franz Heinrich Meinolf Wilhelm (1725-1794), professor of medicine at the Würzburg University; the authors of the 'Military Pharmacopoeia' were Joseph Herrmann Brünninghausen (1761-1834), professor of surgery at the Würzburg University, and surgeon-general of the medical corps, and Johann Anton Hofmann (died 1844), military pharmacist.
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