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Considered one of the greatest pharmacoepias in history, Cordus describes various plants, using primarily text, and establishes many of the practical and medical uses of various plants discovered.

Consist of various contributions from the members of the Royal College of Physicians, and of more particular interest, the chemist Paraclesus, this is one of the first published pharmacoepia's of London. It includes symptoms of diseases and ailments,…

This treatise discusses the physiology of vision. The work was first presented to the Royal Society in 1681. Briggs' discoveries on the anatomy of the eye are presented

The Optica Promota is the major contribution by James Gregory. It included details of his design of the Gregorian telescope.
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