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Aurora chymica, or, A rational way of preparing animals, vegetables, and minerals for a physical use / authore Edwardo Bolnest.
Bolnest, EdwardDate: 1672
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A medicinal dispensatory, containing the vvhole body of physick : discovering the natures, properties, and vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals: the manner of compounding medicaments, and the way to administer them. Methodically digested in five books of philosophical and pharmaceutical institutions; three books of physical materials galenical and chymical. Together with a most perfect and absolute pharmacopoea or apothecaries shop. Accommodated with three useful tables. Composed by the illustrious Renodæus, chief physician to the monarch of France; and now Englished and revised, by Richard Tomlinson of London, apothecary.
Renou, Jean deDate: 1657
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Tyrocinium chymicum, or, Chymical essays : acquired from the fountain of nature and manual experience / by John Beguinus.
Béguin, JeanDate: 1669
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Pharmacopée royale galenique et chymique / par Moyse Charas.
Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698.Date: M. DCCXVII. [1717]
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The marrow of chymical physick; or, The practice of making chymical medicines : Divided in three books: viz. Shewing the true and perfect order to distil, or draw forth from vegetables, minerals, and metals, their spirits, oyls, vinegars, salts, extracts, or tinctures, essences and magisteries, flowers, and salts, &c. Whereunto is added at the end of every such preparation, its most excellent vertue and medicinal use, for the preservation of health, and restoring the diseased to sanity. A rare way of making metaline glass of any colour whatsoever. Very useful for the making artificial rubies, saphirs, jacinths, &c. Likewise for the enamiling [sic] of rings, or for jewels; being very excellent and easie. By W. T. philo-astro-medicus, and student in chymistry.
Thrasher, WilliamDate: 1669
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The expert doctors dispensatory : the whole art of physick restored to practice : the apothecaries shop and chyrurgions closet open'd ... : together with a strict survey of the dispensatories of the most renowned colledges of the world ... : to which is added by Jacob A. Brunn ... a compendium of the body of physick, wherein all the medicaments vniversal and particular, simple and compound, are fitted to the practice of physick.
Morel, PierreDate: 1657
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Pharmacologia anti-empirica, or, A rational discourse of remedies both chymical and Galenical : wherein chymistry is impartially represented, the goodness of natural remedies vincidated, and the most celebrated preparation of art proved uncapable of curing diseases without a judicious and methodical administration : together with some remarks on the causes and cure of the gout, the universal use of the Cortex, or Jesuits powder, and the most notorious impostures of divers empiricks and mountebanks / by Walter Harris.
Harris, Walter, 1647-1732Date: 1683
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The true preserver and restorer of health : being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman.
Hartman, G. (George)Date: 1682
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The marrow of chymical physick, or, The practice of making chymical medicines : divided in three books, viz. shewing the true and perfect order to distil, or draw forth from vegetables, minerals and metals, their spirits, oyls, vinegars ... &c. : whereunto is added at the end of every such preparation its vertue and medicinal use for the preservation of health and restoring the diseased to sanity, a rare way of making metaline glass of any colour whatsoever ... / by Will. Thraster.
Thrasher, WilliamDate: 1679
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Collectanea chimica curiosa, : quae veram continent rerum naturalium anatomiam sive analisin e triplici regno tam vegetabili animali quam & minerali unde generosa hactenus a neotericis hinc inde tradita resultant & traduntur medicamina, adversus omnes corporis morbos, ... / Opera & studio J. D. Thom.
Thom, J. D.Date: M DC XCIII [1693]
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The expert doctors dispensatory : The whole art of physick restored to practice. The apothecaries shop, and chyrurgions closet open'd; wherein all safe and honest practices are maintained, and dangerous mistakes discovered; and what out of subtilty for their own profits they have indeavoured to reserve to themselves, now at last impartially divulged and made common. Together with a strict survey of the dispensatories of the most renowned colledges of the world ... Containing, ... the Latine names of all simples and compounds English'd. ... the vertues, qualities, properties, quantities, and uses of all simples and componnds [sic]. ...the way of prescribing remedies; ... the nature, qualities, and symptomes of all diseases ... cautions for the applying all both internal and external medicines. To which is added by Jacob a Brunn ... a compendium of the body of physick; wherein all the medicaments vniversal and particular, simple and compound, are fitted to the practice of physick; and these forms of remedies now before prescribed by the famous P. Morellus.
Morel, PierreDate: 1657
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Matthiae de L'Obel medici insulanj, sereniss. & inuictiss. Iacobi. I. Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hyberniae Regis botanographi, siue plantarum historiæ physicæ, tam indigenarum & Britanniæ inquilinarum, quam exoticarum scriptoris, in G. Rondelletii inclytæ Monspeliensis scholæ medicæ professoris quondam Regij & cancellarij celeberrimi methodicam pharmaceuticam officinam animaduersiones, quibus deprauata & mutilata ex authoris mente corriguntur & restaurantur : Accesserunt auctaria, in antidotaria vulgata censurae beneuolæ, & dilucidæ simplicium medicamentorum explicationes, aduersariorumque volumen, eorumq́[ue] pars altera & illustramenta, quibus ambigua enodantur. Cum Ludouici Myrei pharmacopolæ reginej paragraphis vtiliss. Contenta reliqua suis locis designantur.
L'Obel, Matthias de, 1538-1616Date: [1605 (13 April)]
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A compleat course of chymistry : containing near three hundred operations ... : also, the structure of several furnaces with near three hundred characters, which are dispers'd in chymical authors, and such instruments / by George Wilson.
Wilson, George, 1631 or 1632-Date: 1699
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The modest reply of J. Blackstone apothecary, to the abusive reflections cast on him in a late anonymous paper.
Blackstone, JDate: [between 1690 and 1700?]
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Monarchia microcosmi : the origin, vicissitudes, and period of vital government in man. For a farther discovery of diseases, incident to human nature. / By Everard Maynwaringe, M.D. Licens'd and enter'd according to order.
Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?Date: 1692
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A compleat body of chymistry : wherein is contained whatsoever is necessary for the attaining to the curious knowledge of this art, comprehending in general the whole practice thereof, and teaching the most exact preparation of animals, vegetables and minerals, so as to preserve their essential vertues : laid open in two books, and dedicated to the use of all apothecaries, &c. / by Nicasius le Febure ... ; rendred into English, by P.D.C., Esq., one of the gentlemen of His Majesties Privy-Chamber.
Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669Date: 1670
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Matthiae de L'Obel medici insulanj, sereniss. & inuictiss. Iacobi. I. Magnae Britanniae, Franciae, & Hyberniae Regis botanographi, siue plantarum historiæ physicæ, tam indigenarum & Britanniæ inquilinarum, quam exoticarum scriptoris, in G. Rondelletii inclytæ Monspeliensis scholæ medicæ professoris quondam Regij & cancellarij celeberrimi methodicam pharmaceuticam officinam animaduersiones, quibus deprauata & mutilata ex authoris mente corriguntur & restaurantur : Accesserunt auctaria, in antidotaria vulgata censurae beneuolæ, & dilucidæ simplicium medicamentorum explicationes, aduersariorumque volumen, eorumq́[ue] pars altera & illustramenta, quibus ambigua enodantur. Cum Ludouici Myrei pharmacopolæ reginej paragraphis vtiliss. Contenta reliqua suis locis designantur.
L'Obel, Matthias de, 1538-1616Date: [1605 (13 April)]
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The family-physician, and the house-apothecary : containing I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advise with apothecaries to be cured of, II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own houses all kinds of necessary medicines that are prepared by apothecaries, or prescribed by physicians, III. The exact prices of all drugs, herbs, seeds, simple and compound medicines, as they are sold at the druggists, or may be sold by the apothecaries, IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing medicines thus at your own houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save nineteen shillings in twenty, comparing it with the extravagant rates of many apothecaries / by Gideon Harvey.
Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?Date: 1678
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Pharmacopée royale galenique et chymique / par Moyse Charas.
Charas, Moyse, 1619-1698.Date: MDCCIV [1704]
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A compleat course of chymistry : containing near three hundred operations, several of which have not been publish'd before : also the structure of several furnaces, with near three hundred characters which are dispers'd in chymical authors, and such instruments and vessels as are necessary in a compleat elaboratory ... / by George Wilson.
Wilson, George, 1631 or 1632-Date: 1700