The London manual of medical chemistry, comprising an interlinear verbal translation of the Pharmacopoeia, with extensive ... notes ... together with the treatment and tests of poisons, and ... the theory of pharmaceutical chemistry ... / By William Maugham.

  • Maugham, William.
Date:
1831
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Credit: The London manual of medical chemistry, comprising an interlinear verbal translation of the Pharmacopoeia, with extensive ... notes ... together with the treatment and tests of poisons, and ... the theory of pharmaceutical chemistry ... / By William Maugham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    MATERIA MEDICA EXPLAN A TIONS. N. O, Natural Order.—L. Linnaeus.—J. Jussieu.— Prop. Properties Off. Prep. OiRcinal Preparations. In secundo ordine* VEGETABILIA designantur In the second column^ VEGETABLES are named ex Speciebus Plantamm Linnaei, editis a from the Species of Plants . of LinnceuSj edited hy Willdenow; ANIMALIA secundum Systema Willdenow; ANIMALS according to the System Naturae Linnaei editum a Gmelin; of Nature of Linnceus edited hy Gmelin; RES CHEMIC^ [and] CHEMICAL ARTICLES [according to] nominibus recentioribus, nisi sit indicatum aliter. the newer namesy unless it he expressed otherwise, ABIETIS RESINA. Resin of the Spruce Fir—Pinus Abies. The Spruce Fir. Monoecia Monadelphia. N. O. Coniferae. This tree grows wild in Norway and the North of Europe. The concrete resin called thus, or frankincense, is a natural exudation from the bark.— The same tree also yields the Pix abietina, which see.— Prop. Stimulant and corroborant, internally.—Dose, 9j. to 3j.; but it is principally used externally in plasters and ointments as a stimulant.—Off. Prep. Empl. Galban, comp.; Empl. Opii;Empl. Picis comp. * See the original.