The medical formulary : being a collection of prescriptions derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians in America and Europe, together with the usual dietetic preparations and antidotes for poisons : to which is added an appendix, on the endermic use of medicines, and on the use of ether and chloroform : the whole accompanied with a few brief pharmaceutical and medical observations / by Benjamin Ellis.

  • Ellis, Benjamin, 1798-1831.
Date:
1868
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Credit: The medical formulary : being a collection of prescriptions derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians in America and Europe, together with the usual dietetic preparations and antidotes for poisons : to which is added an appendix, on the endermic use of medicines, and on the use of ether and chloroform : the whole accompanied with a few brief pharmaceutical and medical observations / by Benjamin Ellis. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pEREIRA [JONATHAN), M.D., F.R.S. and L.S. MATERIA MEDIC A AND THERAPEUTICS; being an Abridg- ment of the late Dr. Pereira's Elements of Materia Medica, arranged in conformity with the British Pharmacopoeia, and adapted to the use of Medical Practitioners, Chemists and Druggists, Medical and Pharmaceutical Students, <fec. By F. J. Farue, M.D., Senior Physician to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and London Editor of the British Pharmacopoeia; assisted by Robert Bentlev, M.R.C.S., Professor of Materia Medica and Botany to the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; and by Robert Warington, F.R.S., Chemical Operator to the Society of Apothecaries. With numerous additions and references to the United States Pharmacopoeia, by Horatio C. Wood, M.D., Professor of Botany in the University of Pennsylvania. In one large and handsome octavo volume of 1040 closely printed pages, with 236 illustrations, extra cloth, $7 00; leather, raised bands, $8 00. (Lately Published.) pceia, none will be more acceptable to the student The task ol'tlie American editor lias evidently been no sinecure, for not only has he given to us all that is contained in the abridgment useful for our pur- poses, but by a careful and judicious embodiment of over a hundred new remedies lias increased the size of the former work fully one-third, besides adding many new illustrations, some of which are original. We unhesitatingly say that by so doing he has pro- portionately increased the value, not only of the con- densed edition, but has extended the applicability of the great original, aud has placed his medical coun- trymen under lasting obligations to him. The Ame- rican physician now has all that is needed in the shape of a complete treatise on materia medica, and the medical student has a text-book which, for prac- tical utility and intrinsic worth, stands unparalleled. Although of considerable size, it is none too large for the purposes for which it has been intended, and every medical man should, in justice to himself, spare a place for it upon his book-shelf, resting assured that the more he consults it the better he will be satisfied of • its excellence.—N. Y. bled. Record, Nov. 15, 1S66. It will nil a place which no other work can occupy in the library of the physician, student, and apothe- cary.—Boston Med. and Surg. Journal, Nov. 8, 1866. Of the many works on Materia Medica which have appeared since the issuing of the British Pharmaco- aud practitioner than the present. Pereira's Materia Medica had long ago asserted for itself the position of being the most complete work on the subject in the English language. But its very completeness stood in the way of its success. Except in the way of refer- ence, or to those who made a special study of Materia Medica, Dr. Pereira's work was too full, and its pe- rusal required an amount of time which few had at their disposal. Dr. Farre has very j udiciously availed himseif of the opportunity of the publication of the new Pharmacopoeia, by bringing out an abridged edi- tion of the great work. This edition of Pereira is by no means a mere abridged re-issue, but contains ma- ny improvements, both in the descriptive and thera- peutical departments. We can recommend it as a very excellent and reliable text-book.—Edinburgh Med Journal, February, 1866. The reader cannot fail to be impressed, at a glance, with the exceeding value of this work as a compeud of nearly all useful knowledge on the materia medica. We are greatly indebted to Professor Wood for his adaptation of it to our meridian. Without his emen- dations and additions it would lose much of its value to the American student. With them it is an Ameri- can book.—Pacific Medical and Surgical Journal, December, 1866. T?LLIS {BENJAMIN), M.D. THE MEDICAL FORMULARY: being a Collection of Prescriptions derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians of America and Europe. Together with the usual Dietetic Preparations and Antidotes for Poisons. The whole accompanied with a few brief Pharmaceutic and Medical Observations. Twelfth edi- tion, carefully revised and much improved by Albert H. Smith, M.D. In one volume 8vo. of 376 pages, extra cloth. $3 00. {Now Ready.) This work has remained for some time out of print, owing to the anxious care with which the Editor has sought to render the present edition worthy a continuance of the very remarkable favor which has carried the volume to the unusual honor of a Twelfth Edition. He has sedu- lously endeavored to introduce in it all new preparations and combinations deserving of confidence, besides adding two new classes, Antemetics and Disinfectants, with brief references to the inhalation of atomized fluids, the nasal douche of Thudichum, suggestions upon the method of hypoderinie injection, the administration of anaesthetics, &e. &c. To accommodate these numerous additions, he has omitted much which the advance of science has rendered obsolete or of minor importance, notwithstanding which the volume has been increased by more than thirty pages. A new feature will be found in a eopious Index of Diseases and their remedies, which cannot but increase the value of the work as a suggestive book of reference for the working practitioner. Every precaution has been taken to secure the typographical accuracy so necessary in a work of this nature, and it is hoped that the new edition wifl fully maintain the position which Ellis' Formulary has long occupied. SI ARSON {JOSEPH), M.D., w Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the University of Pennsylvania, &e. SYXOPSIS OF THE COURSE OF LECTURES OX MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACY, delivered in the University of Pennsylvania. With three Lectures on j;he Modus Operandi of Medicines. Fourth and revised edition, extra cloth, $3 00. (Just Issued.) ROTLES MATEPvIA MEDICA AND THEPvAPED- ; CARPENTER'S PRIZE ESSAY ON THE USE OF tics: including the Preparations of the Pharma- copoeias of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and of the United States. With many new medicines. Edited by Joseph Carson, M.D. With ninety-eight illus- trations. In one large octavo volume of about 700 pages, extra cloth. $3 00. CHRISTISON'S DISPENSATORY; or, Commentary on the Pharmacopoeias of Great Britain and the Uniied States. With copious additions, and 213 large wood-engravings. ByR. Eolespeld Griffith, M. D. In one very handsome octavo volume of over 1000 pages, extra, cloth. $i 00. Alcoholic Liquors in Health and Disease. 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