Pharmacologia, or, The history of medicinal substances : with a view to establish the art of prescribing and of composing extemporaneous formulæ upon fixed and scientific principles ; illustrated by formulæ, in which the intention of each element is designated by key letters / by John Ayrton Paris.

  • John Ayrton Paris
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1820
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Credit: Pharmacologia, or, The history of medicinal substances : with a view to establish the art of prescribing and of composing extemporaneous formulæ upon fixed and scientific principles ; illustrated by formulæ, in which the intention of each element is designated by key letters / by John Ayrton Paris. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN ANALYTICAL INQUIRY INTO THE MORE REMARK- ABLE CAUSES WHICH HAVE, IN DIFFERENT AGES, AND COUNTRIES, OPERATED IN PRODUCING THE KEVOLUTIONS THAT CHARACTERISE THE HISTORY OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES. [ This, and the succeeding Essaj/, on the subject of Medicinal combinations, comprehend the substance of Four Lectures, delivered by the Author before the Royal College of Physicians, on the Philosophy of the Materia Medica, in June, 1810. ] Before I pi'oceed to discuss the particular views which I am prepared to submit to the College, on the important but obscure subject of medicinal combina- tion, I propose to take a sweeping and rapid sketch of the different moral and physical causes which have operated in producing the extraordinary vicissitudes, which so eminently characterize the history of Materia Medica. Such an introduction is naturally suggested by the first glance at the extensive and motley assem- A