Author:Richard Brookes

Richard Brookes
(1721–1763)

Works

• 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, Extracted Chiefly from the Writings of the Most Celebrated Practical Physicians and the Medical Essays, Transactions, Journals, and Literary Correspondence of the Learned Societies in Europe, to Which Is Prefix'd an Introduction, Containing the Distinction of Similar Diseases, the Use of the Non-Naturals, an Account of the Pulse, the Consent of the Nervous Parts, and a Sketch of the Animal Oeconomy (1751) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
• An Introduction to Physic and Surgery (1754)
• A New and Accurate System of Natural History (1763)
  • Vol. I: The Natural History of the Quadrupedes, Including Amphibious Animals, Frogs, and Lizards, with Their Properties and Uses in Medicine (1763) (external scan)
  • Vol. II: The Natural History of Birds, with the Method of Bringing Up and Managing Those of the Singing Kind (1763) (external scan)
  • Vol. III: The Natural History of Fishes and Serpents, Including Sea-Turtles, Crustaceous, and Shell Fishes, with Their Medical Uses (1763) (external scan)
  • Vol. IV: The Natural History of Insects, with Their Properties and Uses in Medicine (1763) (external scan)
  • Vol. V: 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 (1763) (external scan)
  • Vol. VI: The Natural History of Vegetables, As Well Foreign as Domestic, Including an Account of Their Roots, Barks, Woods, Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds, Resins, Gums, and Concreted Juices, as Also Their Properties, Virtues, and Uses in Medicine, Together with The Method of Cultivating Those Planted in Gardens (1763) (external scan)

Translation

• The Natural History of Chocolate

Works about Brookes

• "Brookes, Richard," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.