John Brown

13 Nov 1735 – 7 Oct 1788

physician, medical reformer, propounder of the “excitability” theory of medicine, which classified diseases according to whether they had an over- or an understimulating effect on the body, founder of the Brunonian system of medicine

• A view of ehe [sic] science of life
• Compendio della nuova dottrina medica di G. Brown, e confutazione del sistema dello spasmo
• Elementa medicinae
• Elementa medicinae
• Elementos de medicina
• Epitome de los elementos de medicina del Dr. J. Brown
• Joannis Brunonis ... Elementa medicin©Œ
• Joannis Brunonis, M.D. de medicina praelectoris, societatis medicae praesidarii, antiquariorum apud Scotos ab epistolis Latinis, Elementa medicinae
• Observations on the principles of the old system of physic, exhibiting a compend of the new doctrine
• The Elements Of Medicine
• The works
• The works of Dr. John Brown. To which is prefixed a biographical account of the author