Volume 1

A treatise on medical and pharmaceutical chymistry, and the materia medica : to which is added, an English translation of the new edition of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1788 / by Donald Monro.

  • Monro, Donald, 1727-1802.
Date:
1788
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Credit: A treatise on medical and pharmaceutical chymistry, and the materia medica : to which is added, an English translation of the new edition of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 1788 / by Donald Monro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    kel mentions, that it may be got from lapis calaminaris : fince then, mineral fubftances which yield it have been difcovered in many countries ; and it is now known that lapis calaminaris is its proper ore, and mines of it have been found in feveral parts of England, in Sweden, in Germany, and in other countries : and in the year 1746, Mr. MarggrafF publifhed an account of the method of feparating it from its ore, in the Memoirs of the Royal Academy at Ber- lin, which has fince been republifhed by Macquer, and other chymifts, with obfer- vations and remarks; by all which it ap- pears, that zinc is a particular volatile me- tallic fubftance, which rifes on the appli- cation of heat, and is feparated from its ore by being fublimed in proper furnaces. The zinc itfelf is not ufed medicinally. If it is the tutenag, as it is called in the Practical Courfe of Chymiftry, publifhed by Dr. Lewis in 1746, it is employed for making grates, candlefticks, and a great many other houfehold utenlils. The zinc is a particular metallic fub- ftance different from all others; for if thrown into