Sources Utilized
Serving as the formal public marker to Dr. William Brown, these two sources were photographed by Allen C. Browne on December 26, 2018, a highway marker and a gravestone, respectively.
Being one of Dr. William Brown's most renowned works, the "Lititz Pharmacopeia" was a collection of medical procedures and formulas for the compounding of medications, designed as a model for standardized care and written entirely in Latin.
Page 29 of the Pharmacopoeia simpliciorum et efficaciorum by Dr. William Brown, M.D.
An online backup of the American Philosophical Society's records, this document serves as an insight into the seldom explored intricacies of Dr. William Brown's life.
This snippet from the Pennsylvania Packet newspaper, published in August of 1781, displays the names of Charles Cist, Benjamin Rush, M.D., and William Brown, M.D. in an necessary historical context.
An advertisement snippet from the Pennsylvania Packet August 4, 1781 publication.
Compilation By Ivan Zabello
[1] “William Brown, M.D. Historical Marker.” Historical Marker, May 26, 2022. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=127853.
[2] “Publisher: Ex Officina Styner & Cist. | Open Library.” Accessed November 27, 2022. https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Ex_officina_Styner_&_Cist.
[3] “Pharmacopoeia Simpliciorum Et Efficaciorum: In Usum Nosocomii Militaris, Ad Exercitum Foederatarum Americae Civitatum Pertinentis ; Hodiernae Nostrae Inopiae Rerumque Angustiis, Feroci Hostium Saevitiae, Belloque Crudeli Ex Inopinato Patriae Nostrae Illato Debitis, Maxime Accommodata - Digital Collections - National Library of Medicine.” U.S. National Library of Medicine. National Institutes of Health. Accessed November 26, 2022. https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-2544034R-bk.
[4] APS member history. Accessed November 26, 2022. https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?year=1780%3Byear-max.
[5] “Pennsylvania Packet (Published as The Pennsylvania Packet or the General Advertiser) (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) August 4, 1781.” NewsBank. Accessed November 26, 2022. https://www.newsbank.com/.