> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 802](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333941) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9986-1) LSID 9986-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47126616) QID Q47126616 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Spratt, George (*fl*. 1830), British surgeon-accoucheur; author of popular medical books. **Abbreviated name**: *G. Spratt* \[standard form in IPNI: *G.Spratt*\] #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 311; BB p. 285; BM 5: 1993; Desmond p. 577; Jackson p. 201; NI 1882, 1891, 2183; PR 8852, ed. 1: 9827; Rehder 3: 56, 57; Sotheby 716; Tucker 1: 664, 3: 291. #### Biofile - Allibone, S.A., Crit. dict. Engl. lit. 2: 2212. 1878. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 227: 831. 1964. ### Publications ##### n.12.662. Flora medica **Title** *Flora medica*: containing coloured delineations of the various medicinal plants admitted into the London, Edinburgh and Dublin pharmacopoeias; with their natural history, botanical descriptions, medical and chemical properties, &c. &c; together with a concise introduction to botany; a copious glossary of botanical terms; and a list of poisonous plants, &c. &c. Edited by a member \[i.e. G. Spratt\] of the Royal College of Physicians, and fellow of the Linnaean \[sic\] Society; with the assistance of several eminent botanists... London (Callow and Wilson,...) 1829-1830, 2 vols. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. med.* **Notes** *1*: 1829 (plates dated from 1 Dec 1827-1 Dec 1829), p. \[i\*-viii\*\], \[i\]-xliv, \[1\]-230, *82 pl*. (col. liths. auct.). *2*: 1830 (plates dated 1 Dec 1828-1 Feb 1829), p. \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-332, *106 pl*. (id.). *Copies*: HH (192 pl. in all), NY (vol. 1 with 80 pl.), USDA. ##### n.12.663. The medico-botanical pocket-book **Title** *The medico-botanical pocket-book*, comprising a compendium of vegetable toxicology, illustrated with coloured figures with their botanical descriptions, poisonous effects, treatment, etc. etc. to which is added an appendix, containing practical observations on some of the mineral and other poisons, illustrated with tests... London (published for the author by John Churchill,...) \[1836\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Med.-bot. pocket-book*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1836, p. \[i\]-x, \[1\]-118, *15 pl*. (col. liths. auct.). *Copies*: NY, USDA.