The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians / By Anthony Todd Thomson.

  • Thomson, Anthony Todd, 1778-1849.
Date:
1836
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Credit: The London dispensatory, containing: I, the elements of pharmacy; II, the botanical description ... and medicinal properties, of the substances of the materia medica; III, the pharmaceutical preparations and compositions of the pharmacopoeias of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Colleges of Physicians / By Anthony Todd Thomson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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