A cyclopaedia of practical receipts, and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœias, and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families / by Arnold J. Cooley.

  • Arnold James Cooley
Date:
1856
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Credit: A cyclopaedia of practical receipts, and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœias, and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families / by Arnold J. Cooley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ABBREVIATIONS, ETC., USED IN THIS WORK. These, for the most part, consist of the first syllable, or the initial letter or letters of the words they stand for. As Prep., preparation; Pur., purity; Purif., purification, &c. —Obs., (in Italics,) at the commencement of a paragraph or sentence, stands for observations ;—Obs., (in Roman letters,) following names or synonymes, means obsolete, —Ph., stands ioxpharmacopoeia ; Cod., for codex.—L., E., D., P., U. S., &c., associated with the last two abbreviatiotis, are the initial letters of the cities and countries which produced the respective works; as, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, United States, &c. When no dates are given, the last editions of the pharmacopoeias are referred to. lb., oz., dr., respectively represent the pound, ounce, and drachm (5 oz.). Avoirdu- pois WEIGHT. This is the only weight employed in the new Dublin Pharmacopoeia. ft, oz., dr., and gr., refer to the pound, ounce, drachm, and grain, Apothecaries' or Troy weight. The word drop in all cases indicates a measured drop or minim. The names of individuals which appear in this work, are those to whom the imme- diately attached information or formula is usually attributed, or on whose recommendation or authority it has been selected. ERRATUM. Page 1029, Sd co)., 17th line from the bottom, a/ifec—residuum tested as before, The alkaline liquid, from which the etlicr has been decanted, is then separated from any precipitate which may liavo formed, and both of these separately tested for alkaloids. For another correction see page 1189, col. 2.
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