Notes on pharmacy in the olden time, collected and illustrated / by John Eagle.

  • Eagle, John
Date:
1885
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Credit: Notes on pharmacy in the olden time, collected and illustrated / by John Eagle. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    ^ forty jiao-os of his iuterestinji; catalogue. The ne.xt list is a Loifion otte iiublished in liy 1). W. Salmon from his house the ‘Ked Balls’ in Salis -hury Court, Fleet Street. Jt occupies about eight jmges lolloping the l’ostcri])t in his Synopsis I\Iedieina' and gives the [)rices of nearh' two hundred and lifty ]»re- ] a -ations from which I select these few (per ounce) Sal Brunella, Cinnamon water, each 4d, Cream of 'IV.itar, 8il. Spirit of Niter, Spirit of 'rurpcntinc, and Sjiirit of Vitriol. (!d. Tincture of Benjamin, Tincture ot Saferon, and ()ueen of Hungary’s water, Sd. Spirit of (,'ommon Salt, Oil of Vitriol, Oil of Tartar jier dcl- i(|uium, Ud. Si»irit of Lavender, Elixir of A'itriol, Salt ( t Wormwood, Salt of Tartar, Tincture of Colocynth, 'rineture of Castor, each 1/-. Spirit of Hartshorn, Oil ( t .\niseed. Tincture of (.'innamon. Sugar of Lead, Salt of Steel, Alercurious Dulcis, [calomel] each 1/G. Oil of Aml)er li/-. Oil of (jaraway, Sal Ammoniac, 2/(5. Ex. tract of Oentian, BaLam of ^uliihur, 8/-. White Bre. cipitate. ( ill of .Juniper-berries, 8/6. (dil of lioscmary, besin of ji^cammony, Alercurious Vitm or I’owder of Algaroth, 4 . . Ciiiiadiar of Antimony, Family Bills, 6/-. Besin ( f Jalap 6/.. (Jil of Cloves 7/6. Oil of Mace and Oil ( f ~avin S/-. Turpethum jMinerale verum, and (Quintessence of Human jJ'lvull.s. 10/-. Flowers of ;^ulphur 2d. it would seem from this advertisement that Dr. Salmon carried on the business of an Apothe-
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