John Uri Lloyd
John Uri Lloyd (born March 19, 1849 in New York City , † April 9, 1936 ) was an American pharmacist and advocate of eclectic medicine who had an influence on the development of pharmacognosy , ethnobotany , economic botany and herbal medicine .
biography
John Uri Lloyd was born in New York State to the teachers Sophia Webster and Nelson Marvin Lloyd. His family moved to Florence and Petersburg in northern Kentucky in 1853 . The settlements are near Cincinnati , Ohio . When Lloyd was 14 years old, he was apprenticed to the chemist JM Gordon.
His younger brothers Nelson Ashley Lloyd (1851-1926) and Curtis Gates Lloyd (1859-1926) also became chemists. In 1886 the brothers bought the Merrell and Thorpe Company and renamed it Lloyd Brothers, Pharmacists, Inc. John Lloyd's innovations include a "cold still" for plant extractions and the first buffered alkaloid (made from water-containing aluminum silicate ) called Alcresta.
In 1919, Lloyd and his two brothers established trusts to fund the Lloyd Library and Museum. Today it is considered by many to be one of the best collections in the world devoted to eclectic medicine, medicinal botany and pharmacy. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the eclectic medicine movement, which involved the use of medicinal botany, became popular. It established related medical schools, including the Eclectic Medical Institute, which was first established in Worthington in 1833 and moved to Cincinnati, where it taught undergraduate students from 1845 to 1939.
After Lloyd's death in 1936, the Lloyd Brothers company was bought by SB Penick in 1938.
He also wrote novels. His most popular novel was the science fiction or allegorical Etidorhpa (1895). First distributed privately, it was later illustrated and printed in eighteen editions. Translated into seven languages, the novel was widely read in both Europe and the United States.
subjects
Lloyd linked his interests by writing a number of homeland novels about northern Kentucky. His most popular and influential work was Etidorhpa (1895), a scientific allegory that some consider a science fiction work . It was part of the so-called Hollow Earth Theory genre , based on a journey into the interior of the earth and into another world. He first sold the book privately. For commercial printing, illustrations by J. Augustus Knapp were added. It appeared in 18 editions and has been translated into seven languages.
Honors
- The John Uri Lloyd House in Cincinnati was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973
- The Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati
- Lloyd Memorial High School in Erlanger , Kentucky
bibliography
Pharmaceutical
- The Chemistry of Medicines . 4th edition 1883 (digitized version)
- Elixirs And Flavoring Extracts: Their History, Formulas, & Methods of Preparation. 2nd edition 1883 (digitized version)
- Veratrum viride . 1897 (digitized version)
- Life and Medical Discoveries of Samuel Thomson, and a History of the Thomsonian Materia Medica, as shown in "The New Guide to Health," and the Literature of that Day. Lloyd Library, Cincinnati 1909, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-20140 . (Digitized version)
- Hydrastis canadensis: facsimile, reprint and illustrations of the article in “Drugs and medicines of North America”. Lloyd Library, Cincinnati 1908 urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-29365 .
- The Eclectic Alkaloids, Resins, Resinoids, Oleo-Resins and Concentrated Principles. 1910. (digitized version)
- History of the Vegetable Drugs of the Pharmacopeia of the United States. Lloyd Library, Cincinnati, Ohio 1911, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-22039 . (Digitized version)
- Origin and History of all the Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals and Preparations with Bibliography . Vol I Vegetable Drugs . 1921 (digitized version)
- Together with CG Lloyd: Drugs and medicines of North America . Cincinnati. Vol. I. (1884-85) - Ranunculaceae (digitized version) ; Vol. II. (Digitized version)
- Together with John King: Supplement to the American Dispensatory . 1880 (digitized version)
- Together with Harvey Wickes Felter: King's American Dispensatory . Cincinnati. Vol. I (19th edition, 3rd revision 1905 (digital copy ) ); Vol. II (19th edition, 3rd revision 1906 (digitized) )
- Together with Fineley Ellingwood: A systematic treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics. 1898 (digitized version)
Other works
- Etidorhpa , illustrated by J. Augustus Knapp, 1895, 2nd edition 1896 (digital copy )
- The Right Side of the Car: A Story of the Northern Pacific Railway , 1897 (digitized)
- Stringtown on the Pike: A Tale of Northernmost Kentucky. 1901 (digitized version)
- Warwick of the Knobs: A Story of Stringtown County, Kentucky. 1901 (digitized version)
- Red Head: Illustrations and Decorations by Reginald B. Birch. 1903 (digitized version)
- Scroggins. 1904 (digitized version)
- Felix Moses: the Beloved Jew of Stringtown on the Pike. 1930
Web links
- Literature by and about John Uri Lloyd in the catalog of the German National Library
- John Uri Lloyd in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about John Uri Lloyd at Open Library
- A Brief History of the Lloyd Library and Museum
- King's American Dispensatory
- Lloyd in the Gutenberg project (no access with German IP)
Individual evidence
- ^ Michael A. Flannery: John Uri Lloyd: The Great American Eclectic. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale 1998, ISBN 0-8093-2167-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lloyd, John Uri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pharmacist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1936 |