The dispensatory of the United States of America / By George B. Wood and Franklin Bache.

  • George Bacon Wood
Date:
1836
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Credit: The dispensatory of the United States of America / By George B. Wood and Franklin Bache. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ak — f 4 Bs 9 r - plan, have generally dwelt more. at length upon our native plants, than upon those of foreign growth: but in all instances, in which they Y hor include in it the essential scientific character of the genus and _ species, with a reference to the position of the plant in the artificial and natural systems of classification; so that a person acquaintéd with the — of botany may be able to eevee! it when it comes apace his observation. sey In preparing the Dispensatory, the authors ] have consulted, in addi- tion to many of the older works of authority, the greater number of. French writers, who stand at present at the head of this department of medical science. They have also endeavoured to collect such de- _ tached facts scattered through the various scientific, medical, and phar- and applicable to the subjects under consideration; and have had fre-. _ quent recourse to the reports of travellers in relation to the natural and commercial history of foreign: drugs. The occasional references in relied. In relation to our own commerce in drugs and to the opera- chiefly to the kindness of gentlemen engaged in these branches of business, who have always evinced, in answering their numerous in- and which they are pleased to have this opportunity of acknowledging.* es ptt has not been deemed necessary to follow the example of the British Dispensatories, by inserting into the work a treatise upon: _ Chemistry under the name of Elements of Pharmacy. Such a treatise. must necessarily be very meagre and imperfect; and, as systems of a chemistry are in the hands of every physician and AUTRE AEY would: oy gecapyy the He of valuable mea it bite les easy access. Bical q a adi We) authors deem it proper to state that they a are tneeulisity indebted re assistance Mito Mr. Daniel B. ‘Smith, president of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, to whom, , _ besides much important information i in relation to the, various branches of the Apothe- | Re cary’ Ss eee, tot owe Prefatory remarks: on n Pharmacy vice are Pireh at the Rw, w. es, t eu oT