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*''The General Practice of Physic'', 1751. |
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*''An Introduction to Physic and Surgery'', 2 vols. 1754. |
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*''A System of Natural History'', 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of [[palaeontology]].<ref>''The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects''. London: J. Newbery.</ref> In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to [[Robert Plot]], and now identified as coming from [[Megalosaurus]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/150747/view |title=1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum |website=www.sciencephoto.com|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> found in a quarry at [[Cornwell, Oxfordshire]], it is known as the "Cornwell bone".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |title=Archived copy |website=palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010626174816/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |
*''A System of Natural History'', 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of [[palaeontology]].<ref>''The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects''. London: J. Newbery.</ref> In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to [[Robert Plot]], and now identified as coming from [[Megalosaurus]];<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sciencephoto.com/media/150747/view |title=1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum |website=www.sciencephoto.com|access-date=2020-02-26}}</ref> found in a quarry at [[Cornwell, Oxfordshire]], it is known as the "Cornwell bone".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |title=Archived copy |website=palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010626174816/http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/dinohist.html |archive-date=26 June 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Brookes named the creature from which it came ''Scrotum Humanum'' in 1763, referring to anatomical similarities with the human [[scrotum]].<ref>[http://www.lostmag.com/issue15/paleontology.php Brookes's analysis compared to Plot]</ref> |
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His main translations are ''The Natural History of Chocolate'' (1724), from the French ''Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre'' (1719) of [[Quelus]] (de Chélus), 2nd ed. 1730; and [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]'s ''History of China'', 4 vols. 1736. |
His main translations are ''The Natural History of Chocolate'' (1724), from the French ''Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre'' (1719) of [[Quelus]] (de Chélus), 2nd ed. 1730; and [[Jean-Baptiste Du Halde]]'s ''History of China'', 4 vols. 1736. |
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Richard Brookes (fl. 1721 – 1763) was an English physician and author of compilations and translations on medicine, surgery, natural history, and geography, most of which went through several editions.
Life
He was at one time a rural practitioner in Surrey (Dedication of Art of Angling). At some time previous to 1762 he had travelled both in America and Africa (Preface to Natural History).
Works
His General Gazetteer (1762) filled a gap in the market and went through many editions, up to that of Alexander George Findlay in the later nineteenth century.[1] Other works were:
- History of the most remarkable Pestilential Distempers, 1721.
- The Art of Angling, Rock and Sea Fishing, with the Natural History of River, Pond, and Sea Fish, 1740.
- The General Practice of Physic, 1751.
- An Introduction to Physic and Surgery, 2 vols. 1754.
- A System of Natural History, 6 vols. 1763. Includes Volume 5, known in the early history of palaeontology.[2] In this volume Brookes noted a bone, known previously to Robert Plot, and now identified as coming from Megalosaurus;[3] found in a quarry at Cornwell, Oxfordshire, it is known as the "Cornwell bone".[4] Brookes named the creature from which it came Scrotum Humanum in 1763, referring to anatomical similarities with the human scrotum.[5]
His main translations are The Natural History of Chocolate (1724), from the French Histoire Naturelle du Cacao et du Sucre (1719) of Quelus (de Chélus), 2nd ed. 1730; and Jean-Baptiste Du Halde's History of China, 4 vols. 1736.
References
- ^ Richard Brookes (1786), The General Gazetteer (6th ed.), London: J.F.C. Rivington, OL 7130197M
- ^ The Natural History of Waters, Earths, Stones, Fossils and Minerals, with their Virtues, Properties, and Medicinal Uses, to which is added, the Method in which Linnaeus has treated these subjects. London: J. Newbery.
- ^ "1763 Dinosaur bone misidentified scrotum". www.sciencephoto.com. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2001. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Brookes's analysis compared to Plot
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Brookes, Richard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
Further reading
- Richard Brookes (1820), General Gazetteer (17th ed.), London: F.C. and J. Rivington
External links
- Works by Richard Brookes at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Richard Brookes at Internet Archive
- Works by Richard Brookes at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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