The Art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions.

Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The Art of dispensing : a treatise on the methods and processes involved in compounding medical prescriptions. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    rearranged and augmented the work as published in September, 1888, and prepared each succeeding edition for the press. Again the book has been entirely recast, and has been ex- panded from 288 pages to 498 pages. The former style and most of the material have been retained, but at least two-thirds of the book is new. It now begins with a chapter on ' First Principles,' the Legal aspects of dispensing are more fully treated, the chapters on Capsules, Tablets, .Incompatibles, and New Remedies are practically new, and the extent of the revision generally is shown by the following contrast :— Fifth edition This edition Pills . . . . 44 pages 68 pages Tablets, &c. . 4 12 Capsules . . 3 ) > • 9 )> Powders .... 4 )) • 14 )> Suppositories . 13 28 Ointments 8 )) • 15 > > Mixtures .... 37 »> 77 ) > Applications . S )) • 18 >> New Remedies 13 ) > 29 Examination prescriptions 3 ) > 7 Appendix 17 ) > • 27 > > The fresh material has been largely drawn from the pages of The Chemist and Druggist. The Editor desires to acknow- ledge the advice or assistance which he has received from Mr. J. A. Forret (in regard to capsules), Mr. J. T. Hall (who has written a new chapter on homoeopathic dispensing), Mr. R. H. Parker (who suggested numerous alterations and improve- ments), and Mr. J. B. Stephenson (who has revised the Latin vocabulary and the posology table). 42 Cannon Streei, London, E.C. August ID, 1900.