BERGIUS, PETER JONAS.

Rön och försök med det Järnhaltiga vattnet från Rio-Tinto i Spanien. (In: "Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar")

(Stockholm, 1761).

8vo. As extracted from "Kungl. Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar", uncut unopened. Fine and clean. Pp.117-128

First edition of Bergius’ early investigation into the chemical and medicinal properties of the iron-rich waters from Rio Tinto in Spain, with case observations on their therapeutic effects. An early scientific contribution to the study of mineral waters by the noted Swedish botanist and physician.

Peter Jonas Bergius (1730 – 1790) was a Swedish medical doctor and botanist. In 1758 Bergius was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1768 he was elected to membership of the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1770 and a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1785.

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