The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCIX / Translated into English with notes, &c. by Richard Powell.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1809
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, MDCCCIX / Translated into English with notes, &c. by Richard Powell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    preferred a more simple appellation, even though le&s scieutific. ith respect toourselves, we have spared no pains to render the present edition as perfect as possible. N ot that we aie bold enough to ima* gine that it will satisfy eveiy body, or that it is free from errors; but before any person pro* ceeds to cri ticise tbese with se veri ty, we intreat bim to reflect upon the diversicy and difficulty wbicb attach to a work of this sort, and we trust be will not then be disgusted with a few faults which may occur.—But on this point enough has been said. Some tenns which are employed require a more earnest apology, since tbey may seem to deviate more than was necessary from common usage, such as Anthemis, and Lytta; or to sound harshlyand barbarously, as Potassa: upon the admission of tliese we for some timepaused, but wbat could be done against the authority of all the naturalists oi'the present day; orwith wliat propriety could we alone retain names of ani- mals, vegetables, and minerais, which the chief writers in this brancb of science bad 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 chymists.