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Sir, It having been observ'd, that the charge of the medicines for your hospital has : these last two years, greatly exceeded the expence of former years.
Pitt, Rob., 1653-1713Date: [1701?]
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Systema materiæ medicæ : continens medicamentorum vniuersalium & particularium, (simplicium ac compositorum) seriem ac sylvam, methodo medendi, ac formulis remediorum præscribendis. Accommodatam.
Brunn, Johannes Jacobus, 1591-1660Date: [1650?]
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The true preserver and restorer of health : being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children. Selected from, and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe. Together with Excellent directions for cookery; as also for preserving, and conservint, and making all sorts of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine, &c. With the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat, and for distilling the choicest cordial waters without wood; coals, candle, or oyl. The second edition with additions. Published for the publick-good by G. Hartman, Chymist.
Hartman, G. (George)Date: 1695
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Arcana philosophia, or, Chymical secrets : containing the noted and useful chymical medicines of Dr. Wil. and Rich. Russel chymists, viz. I. Species vitæ, alias universalis, II. Tinctura regalis, call'd scorbutick, &c., III. Species coroborativa, alias pleuretica, IV. Species proprietatis, V. Species minor, VI. A pestilential cordial, call'd his white cordial : as also several curious chymical processes and spagerick preparations of natural things for the use of medicin, and many other things of great use and vertue in eradicating the most stubborn diseases, likewise four curious small treatises, viz. the I. Of fevers, the II. Of the jaundies, the III. Of madness, and the IV. Of diarrhæas, lientries &c., by the renowned and most aproved Dr. Aurelius Philipus Theophrastus Paracelsus, of Hoheneim / publish'd by John Headrich.
Headrich, JohnDate: 1697
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Proposals by the Dispensary-Society, for supplying the nobility, gentry and other reputable persons or families, with all sorts of medicines required in time of sickness, at the rate of two shillings by the quarter to each subscriber.
Dispensary Society (London, England)Date: [1732]
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Pharmacopœia Bateana, in English: or, Dr. Bate's dispensatory enlarged : Translated from the second edition of the Latin copy, published by Mr. James Shipton. Containing above a thousand choice and select recipe's, their names, compositions, preparations, vertues, uses, and doses, as they are applicable to the whole practice of physick and chyrurgery: the Arcana Goddardiana, and their recipe's intersperst in their proper places, which are almost all wanting in the Latin copy. Compleated with above five hundred chymical processes; and their explications at large, various observations thereon, and a rationale upon each process. To which are added, in this English edition, Goddard's drops, Russel's pouder, and the emplastrum febrifugum: those so much fam'd in the world; as also, several other preparations from the Collectanea chymica, and other good authors. / By William Salmon, professor of physick.
Bate, George, 1608-1669Date: 1694
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The vertuose boke of the distyllacyon of all maner of waters of the herbes in this present volume expressed : with the fygures of the stillatoryes to that noble worke belongynge / fyrst made and compyled by the thirtye yeres studye and labour of the moste famous and expert master of phisyke, Master Iherom Bruynswyke ... ; and nowe of late newly translated into Englysshe out of Duche by me Laurence Andrew.
Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512Date: M.ccccc.xxvii, the xviii daye of Apryll [18 Apr. 1527]
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Tyrocinium chymicum e naturae fonte et manuali experientia depromptum / Autore Joanne Begvino.
Béguin, JeanDate: 1625
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Mineralogia, or, An account of the preparation, manifold vertues and uses of a mineral salt, both in physick and chyrurgery : which is so safe, pleasant and effectual in its operation, that it may be taken by those of all ages and constitutions with great benefit ... to which is added a short discourse of the nature and uses of the sulphurs of minerals and metals ... / by Chr. Packe.
Packe, Christopher, active 1670-1711Date: 1693
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The pharmacopœian physician's repository : accomodated with elaborate medicinal arcana's, appositely serving to the whole practice of physick : exhibited as an exemplar, for imitation and incitation, to the industrious professors in this faculty / by E. Maynwaringe.
Maynwaringe, Everard, 1628-1699?Date: 1670
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Bazilica chymica, & Praxis chymiatricæ, or, Royal and practical chymistry : in three treatises : wherein all those excellent medicines and chymical preparations are fully discovered, from whence all our modern chymists have drawn their choicest remedies : being a translation of Oswald Crollius, his Royal chymistry, augmented and inlarged by John Hartman : to which is added his Treatise of signatures of internal things, or, A true and lively anatomy of the greater and lesser world : as also, The practice of chymistry of John Hartman, M.D., augmented and inlarged by his son / all faithfully Englished by a lover of chymistry.
Croll, Oswald, approximately 1560-1609Date: 1670
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A discourse setting forth the unhappy condition of the practice of physick in London : and offering some means to put it into a better, for the interest of patients, no less, or rather much more, then of physicians / by Jonathan Goddard.
Goddard, Jonathan, 1617-1675Date: 1670
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Pharmacopœia Bateana, or, Bate's dispensatory : translated from the second edition of the Latin copy, published by Mr. James Shipton : containing his choice and select recipe's, their names, compositions, preparations, vertues, uses, and doses, as they are applicable to the whole practice of physick and chyrurgery : the Arcana Goddardiana, and their recipe's intersperst in their proper places, which are almost all wanting in the Latin copy : compleated with above five hundred chymical processes, and their explications at large, various observations thereon, and a rationale upon each process : to which are added in this English edition, Goddard's drops, Russel's pouder [sic], and the Emplastrum febrifugum, those so much fam'd in the world : as also several other preparations from the Collectanea chymica, and other good authors / by William Salmon.
Bate, George, 1608-1669Date: 1694
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A compleat course of chymistry containing not only the best chymical medicines but also great variety of useful observations. / By George Wilson, Chymist.
Wilson, George, 1631 or 1632-Date: 1709
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Pharmacopoea : cui adiecta sunt paraphrasis et miscendorum medicamentorum modus. Primum Gallicè scripta a Bricio Bauderone M.D. eximio. Nunc vero a sene Doctissimo Philemone Hollando Anglo, M.D. in Latinum sermonem conversa. Huic accedunt Ioannis du Boys Pharmacopoei Parisiensis observationes in methodum miscendorum medicamentorum topicorum, &c.
Bauderon, Brice, approximately 1540-1623Date: 1639
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A compendious body of chymistry, which will serve as a guide and introduction both for understanding the authors which have treated of the theory of this science in general : and for making the way plain and easie to perform, according to art and method, all operations, which teach the practise of this art, upon animals, vegetables, and minerals, without losing any of the essential vertues contained in them. By N. le Fèbure apothecary in ordinary, and chymical distiller to the King of France, and at present to his Majesty of Great-Britain.
Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669Date: 1662
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Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated to be the surest and safest means for arts triumph over natures infirmities : being a full and free discovery of the medicinal mysteries studiously concealed by all artists, and onely discoverable by fire : with an appendix concerning the nature, preparation, and virtue of several specifick medicaments ... / by George Starkey.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665Date: 1658
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A compleat body of chymistry : wherein is contained whatsoever is necessary for the attaining to the curious knowledge of this art ... and teaching the most exact preparation of animals, vegetables, and minerals, so / by Nicasius le Febure ... ; rendred into English by P.D.C., Esq., one of the gentlemen of His Majesties privy chamber.
Le Fèvre, Nicaise, 1610-1669Date: 1664
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The family physician, and the house apothecary : containing I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advise with apothecaries to be cured of, II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own houses all kinds of necessary medicines that are prepared by apothecaries, or prescribed by physicians, III. The exact prices of all drugs, herbs, seeds, simple and compound medicines, as they are sold at the druggists, or may be sold by the apothecaries, IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing medicines thus at your own houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save nineteen shillings in twenty, comparing it with the extravagant rates of many apothecaries / by Gideon Harvey.
Harvey, Gideon, 1640?-1700?Date: M DC LXXVI [1676]
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The charitable physitian : with The charitable apothecary / vvritten in French by Philbert Guibert Esquire physitian regent in Paris, and by him after many severall editions, reviewed, corrected, amended, and augmented ; and now faithfully translated into English, for the benefit of this kingdome, by I.W.
Guybert, Philbert, -1633Date: 1639
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De atramentis cujuscunque generis : Opus sanè novum, hactenus à nemine promulgatum. In sex descriptiones digestum / Auctore, Petro Maria Canepario, cremensi, medico, & philosopho, Venetiis Medicinam profitenti.
Canepari, Pietro MariaDate: 1660
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Praxis chymiatricæ: or The practise of chymistry. Written in Latine by John Hartman, M.D. and augmented and enlarged by his son with considerable additions. Faithfully rendred into English.
Hartmann, Johann, 1568-1631Date: 1670
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A medicinal dispensatory, containing the whole body of physick : discovering the natures, properties, and vertues of vegetables, minerals, & animals, the manner of compounding medicaments, and the way to administer them : methodically digested in five books of philosophical and pharmaceutical institutions, three books of physical materials galenical and chymical : together with a most perfect and absolute pharmacopoea or apothecaries shop : accommodated with three useful tables / composed by the illustrious Renodæus ... ; and now Englished and revised, by Richard Tomlinson of London, apothecary.
Renou, Jean deDate: 1657
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Pyrotechny asserted and illustrated to be the surest and fastest means for art's triumph over nature's infirmities : being a full and free discovery of the medicinal mysteries studiously concealed by all artists, and only discoverable by fire : with an appendix concerning the nature, preparation, and vertue of several specifick medicaments ... / by George Starkey.
Starkey, George, 1627-1665Date: 1696
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Arcana philosophica [sic] or, Chymical secrets : containing the noted and useful chymical medicines of Dr. Wil. and Rich. Russel chymists, viz. I. Species vitæ, alias universalis. II. Tinctura regalis, call'd scorbutick, &c. III. Species coroborativa, alias pleuretica. IV. Species proprietatis. V. Species minor. VI. A pestilential cordial, call'd his white cordial. As also several curious chymical processes and spagerick preparations of natural things for the use of medicin, and many other things of great use and vertue in eradicating the most stubborn diseases; likewise four curious small treatises, viz. the I. of fevers, the II. of the jaundies, the III. of madness, and the IV. of diarrhæas, lientries, &c. By the renowned and most approved Dr. Aurelius Philipus Theophrastus Paracelsus, of Hoheneim. Publish'd by John Headrich, phil-chymicus, and formerly operator to Dr. Richard Russel.
Headrich, JohnDate: 1697