Pharmacologia, or, The history of medicinal substances : in order to enable the practitioner to prescribe them with efficacy, and elegance, and to dispense them with accuracy / by John Ayrton Paris.

  • Paris, John Ayrton, 1785-1856.
Date:
1812
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    to comprise under the history of each article, with as much conciseness, as was consonant with perspicuity; thus are noticed, 1. Its Sensible Qualities. 2. Its Chemical Compo- sition, or the constituents in which its medici- nal activity resides, 3. Its Relative Solubi- lity in Different Menstrua, or the Propor- tions in which it should be combined with dif- ferent bodies, in order to produce Suspension, or Saturation. 4. The Incompatible Sub- stances, i. e. all those which are capable of destroying its properties, or rendering its fla- vour, or aspect, unpleasant, or disgusting. 5. The Best Forms in which it can be exhi- bited. 6. Its Specific Doses. 7. Its Medi- cinal Effects. 8. Its Officinal Preparations. 9. Its Adulterations. The indispensable ne- cessity of such information must be sufficiently apparent; for the changes, and modifications