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, Peter Wyatt, Sir, 1847-1919.
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.

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