The pharmacopœia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M.DCCC.IX : translated into English, with notes, &c.

  • Powell, Richard, 1767-1834.
Date:
1809
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Credit: The pharmacopœia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M.DCCC.IX : translated into English, with notes, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    preferred a more simple appellation, even though less scientific. With respect to ourselves, we ha\Te spared no pains to render the present edition as perfect as possible. Not that we are bold enough to ima- gine that it will satisf}r every body, or that it is free from errors; but before any person pro- ceeds to criticise these with severity, we intreat him to reflect upon the diversity and difficulty which attach to a work of this sort, and we trust he will not then be disgusted with a few faults which may occur.—But on this point enough has been said. Some terms which are employed require a more earnest apology, since they may seem to deviate more than was necessary from common usage, such as Anihemis, and Lytta; or to sound harshly and barbarously, as Potassa: upon the admission of these we for some time paused, but what could be done against the authority of all the naturalists of the present day; or with what propriety could we alone retain names of ani- mals, vegetables, and minerals, which the chief writers in this branch of science had applied to substances entirely dissimilar ? We have there- fore thought it better to risk the accusation of barbarism, than to admit terms of doubtful or uncertain signification, or to dissent in a few names only from the established practice of chyniists.