Chemistry : general, medical, and pharmaceutical, including the chemistry of the British pharmacopœia a manual on the general principles of the science, and their applications to medicine and pharmacy / by John Attfield.

  • John Attfield
Date:
1872
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Credit: Chemistry : general, medical, and pharmaceutical, including the chemistry of the British pharmacopœia a manual on the general principles of the science, and their applications to medicine and pharmacy / by John Attfield. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The short title on the back of a book^ and even the words on the titlepage^ are generallyand even neces- sarily^ imperfect descriptions of the contents_, and hence not nnfrequently induce at the outset misconceptions in the minds of readers. The Author of ' Chemistry^ General^ Medical^ and Pharmaceutical^ would at once state^ therefore^ that his sole aim is to teach the general truths of chemistry to medical and pharmaceutical pupils. Only in a conventional sense would he speak of such sub- jects as Medical and Pharmaceutical Chemistry; for the truths of Chemistry are the same for all students—crys- talline verities which cannot be expanded or compressed to suit any class of workers. The leading principles of the science_, howevercan be as easily illustrated by or deduced from those facts which have interest as from those which have little or no special interest to the class addressed; and such a course is adopted in this volume. This manual is intended^ then^ as a systematic exponent of the general truths of Chemistry_, but is written solely for the pupils^ assistants^ and principals engaged in medi- cine and pharmacy. It will be found equally useful as a reading-book for gentlemen having no opportunities of attending lectures or performing experiments^ and as a handbook for college pupils; while its comprehensive Index^ containing six thousand references^ will fit the
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