The Edinburgh new dispensatory. Containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, the natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the different substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions / By Andrew Duncan. Including translations ... of the new ed. of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1805, etc.

  • Andrew Duncan
Date:
1806
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Credit: The Edinburgh new dispensatory. Containing I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, the natural, pharmaceutical, and medical history, of the different substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions / By Andrew Duncan. Including translations ... of the new ed. of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia ... 1805, etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. . • -r wire . >jl : i . . • • J J i v I ' i 1 i •[) lo tfliii'- .i D Lewis published tlie first edition of his New Dispens- atory in 1753. The principal part of the work was a com- mentary upon the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias, of both of which it contained a complete and accurate'translation. A concise system of the Theory and Practice of Pharmacy was prefixed, as an introduction; and directions for extemporane- ous prescription, with many elegant examples, and a collection of efficacious, but cheap remedies, for the use of the poor, were added as an appendix. The manner in which the whole was executed, placed Dr. Lewis at the head of the reformers of Chemical Pharmacy; for he contributed more than any of his predecessors to improve that science, both by the judicious criticism with which he combated the erroneous opinions then prevalent, and by the actual and important additions he made to that branch of our knowledge. He was justly rewarded by the decided approba- tion of the public. During the author’s lifetime, many editions were published, each succeeding one receiving the improvements which the advancement of the sciences connected with Phar- macy suggested. After the death of Dr. Lewis, Dr. Webster and Dr. Dun- can successively contributed to maintain the reputation of the work, by taking advantage of the discoveries made in natural history and chemistry ; and by making those alterations which new editions of the Pharmacopoeias on which it was fouiu .d rendered necessary. From the place of their publication, and
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