The pharmacopoeia, of the Royal College of Physicians of London / translated into English, with notes, indexes of new names, preparations, &c. &c. by the late Thomas Healde, M.D. F.R.S. Lumleyan lecturer at the College of Physicians, and senior physician of the London Hospital.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1796
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia, of the Royal College of Physicians of London / translated into English, with notes, indexes of new names, preparations, &c. &c. by the late Thomas Healde, M.D. F.R.S. Lumleyan lecturer at the College of Physicians, and senior physician of the London Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    4U the Court at St. James’.s, the 16th of January, 178S. WHEREAS there was this day read, at the Board, the humble me- morial of Sir George Baker, Bart. Phyfician to their Majefties, and Prefident of the College or Commonalty of the Faculty of Phyfic in London, fetting forth, that the Laid Prefident and College have, with great care, pains, anti induftry, revifed, corredfed, and reformed, a book, by them formerly publifhed, intitled, Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinenfis, contained, together with the true weights and meafures by which they ought to be made ; which book is now perfedted and ready to be publifhed and, it is conceived, will contribute to the public good of his Majefty’s fubjedls, by preventing all deceits, differences, and uncertainties, in making or compound- ing of medicines, if, for the future, the manner and form prefcribed therein fhould be pradlifed by Apothecaries, and others, in their compofitions of me- dicines. The memorialift, therefore, moft'humbly prays, that his Majefty will begracioufly pleafed to enforce the obfervance thereof, in fuch manner as to his Majefty fnall feem pneet. His Majefty this day took the faid memorial into his royal confederation, and, being defirous to provide in all cafes for the common good of his people, and being perfuaded that the eftablifhing the general ufe of the faid book may tend to the prevention of fuch deceits in the making and compounding medicines, wherein the lives and health of his Majefty’s fubjedfs aie fo highly concerned, hath therefore thought fit, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, hereby to notify to all Apothe- caries and others concerned, to the intent they may not pretend ignorance thereof, that the faid book, called Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinenfis, is perfedted, and ready to be publifhed. And his Majefty doth therefore ftridtly require, charge and command, all and fingular Apothecaries, and others whole bufinefs it is to compound medicines, or diftil oils or waters, or make other extradts, within any part of his Majefty’s kingdom of Great - Britain called England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that they, and every of them, immediately after the faid Pharmacopoeia Col- legii Regalis Medicorum Londinenfis fhall be printed and publifhed, do not compound or make any medicine or medicinal receipt or prefeription, or diftil any oil or waters, or make other extradts, that are or fhall be in the faid Phar- macopoeia Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinenfis mentioned or named, in any other manner or form than is or fhall be diredted, prefcribed, and fet down, by the faid book, and according to the weights and meafures that are or fhall be therein limited, except it fhall be by the fpecial diredtion or prefeription of PRESENT The KING’S Moft Excellent Majefty. Lord Chancellor. Lord Herbert. Lord Steward. Lord Sydney. Marquis of Carmarthen. Lord Hawkejbury. Vifcount Weymouth. Mr. Pitt. preferibing and diredting the manner of preparing all forts of medicines therein lais Majefty doth hereby declare, incur his Majefty’s juft dif- tneir contempt and offences, ac~ W. FAWKENER.