Alterations adopted in the London Pharmacopoeia of MDCCCXXIV fully stated ; with introductory remarks, and schemes illustrative of formulæ influenced by chemical action / by Richard Stocker.

  • Stocker, Richard, -1834.
Date:
1824
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Credit: Alterations adopted in the London Pharmacopoeia of MDCCCXXIV fully stated ; with introductory remarks, and schemes illustrative of formulæ influenced by chemical action / by Richard Stocker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    The illustration of Chemical action by means of Schemes, similar to those subjoined to the present work? has for several years been with the Author a favorite mode of conveying instruction to his Pupils. By words alone he often found it difficult to communicate the precise ideas he wished; but when the information to be given could also be ac- companied, as in the present instances, by Schemes of the facts alluded to, the youthful mind became far more susceptible of impression, and the Rationale of each process having been also visibly demon- strated, the idea was afterwards more permanently retained in the memory. Segnius irritant anirtios demissa per aurem, Quam qua sunt oculis subjecta fidelibus— The great object kept steadily in view through- out, has been plainness and clearness of explanation, and this more particularly as applicable to the junior members of the profession ; for the Author has not the vanity to suppose he can convey any instruction to those who are adepts in professional knowledge, and to whom it would be more becoming in him to offer himself as the Scholar than as the Preceptor. R. S. Guv’s Hospital, May 1824.