O leczniczych zapachach według Dispensatorium medicum, continens institutionum pharmaceuticarum… (1623) Jeana de Renou (1568 – ok. 1620)
On medicinal fragrances according to Dispensatorium medicum, continens institutionum pharmaceuticarum… (1623) by Jean de Renou (1568- c. 1620)

Summary/Abstract: Since ancient times, aromatic plants have been attributed with special healing properties and utilized in medicine. They were used, among other things, as medicines and as protection against the plague, in the treatment of venereal diseases, colds, and headaches. Aromatic raw materials were used to produce medicinal bags, caps, fumigations, and incense, as described by the French physician Jean de Renou in his work Dispensatorium medicum... (Paris 1623). This work aims to answer the question of which aromatic plants were used as medicinal raw materials and what properties were attributed to them.

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