Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire.

  • Squire, Alfred Herbert.
Date:
1877
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Credit: Companion to the latest edition of the British Pharmacopoeia : comparing the strength of its various preparations with those of the United States, and other foreign pharmacopoeias : to which are added non-official preparations, and practical hints on prescribing / by Peter Squire assisted by his sons Peter Wyatt Squire and Alfred Herbert Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    TO THE FIFTH EDITION. ♦ The Pharmacopoeia of 1864 had the merit of amalgamating the •three Pharmacopoeias of Britain, but it had defects, and the Medical Council ordered a new Edition to be prepared. A Com- mittee was appointed of eminent men, with the President of the Council as Chairman. These gentlemen were engaged some years upon the work; and when completed it was submitted to all the members of the Medical Council, and to other practical men, for the purpose of receiving suggestions. The Author prepared, from the formulae of this work, the preparations for the Paris Ex- hibition; it has therefore been well tested and corrected, and is worthy of the respect of the medical profession. The Author has re-written his ‘ Companion ’ to correspond with this new Edition, and so arranged the matter as to render it easy for medical men in active practice to become acquainted with the changes and new introductions with as little expense of trouble and time as possible. The “ Non-Official ” preparations are increased in number. Incompatibles, and antidotes to poisonous drugs, are added; and