1559 in science

The year 1559 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.

List of years in science (table)

Botany

Exploration

Pharmacology

  • Jacques Besson publishes his first treatise, in Zurich, De absoluta ratione extrahendi olea et aquas e medicamentis simplicibus ("on the complete doctrine of extracting oils and waters from simple drugs"), with an introduction by Conrad Gessner, before moving to Geneva.

Physiology and medicine

De re anatomica

Births

    Deaths

    References

    1. Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 247. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
    2. Austin, Gregory. "Chronology of Psychoactive Substance Use". Drugs & Society. Comitas Institute for Anthropological Study. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
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