The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles, of modern chemistry. With many new and useful tables; and several copperplates of chemical characters and pharmaceutical apparatus / by Andrew Duncan.

Andrew Duncan

Date:: 1810

Credit: The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry: II. The materia medica; or, The natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the substances employed in medicine: III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions. Including translations of the London Pharmacopoeia, published in 1809 ; of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia, in 1805 ; and of the Dublin Pharmacopoeia, in 1807. Illustrated and explained in the language, and according to the principles, of modern chemistry. With many new and useful tables; and several copperplates of chemical characters and pharmaceutical apparatus / by Andrew Duncan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$PREFACE. T\r. Lewis published the first edition of his New Dispens- ^ alory in 1754. The principal part of this work was a cpramentary upon the London and Edinburgh Pharmaco- poeias, of both of which it contained a complete and accurate 'translation. A concise system of the Theory and Practice of Pharmacy was prefixed as an introduction; and directions for extemporaneous prescription, with many elegant examples, and a collection of efficacious, but cheap remedies, for the use of the poor, were added as an appendix. The manner in which the whole was executed, placed Dn. Lewis at the head of the reformers of Chemical Pharmacy ; for he contributed more than any of his predecessors to im- prove that science, both by the judicious criticism with which he combated the erroneous opinions then prevalent, and by the actual and important additions he made to that branch of our knowledge. He was justly rewarded by the decided ap- probation of the public. During his lifetime many editions were published, each succeeding one receiving the improve- ments which the advancenient of the sciences connected with Pharmacy suggested. After the death of Dr. Lewis, Dr. Webster and Dr. Duncan, senior, successively contributed to maintain the repu- tation of the work, by taking advantage of the discoveries made in natural history and chemistry, and by making those alterations which new editions of the Pharmacopoeias oil which it was founded rendered necessary. From the place of their publication, and to distinguish them from the original$

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