The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M. DCCC. IX / translated into English, with notes, &c. by Richard Powell.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1815
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M. DCCC. IX / translated into English, with notes, &c. by Richard Powell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    TO THE FIRST EDITION OF THE TRANSLATION. IIIANSLATIONS have been found by expe- rience to be useful attendants upon former edi- tions of the London Pharmacopoeia, both for the purpose of facilitating and extending an acquaintance with its processes, and of convey- ing additional information upon many points which are not considered in the brevity of the original work. That of the year 1745 was thus given to the public by Dr. Pemberton, that of 1787 by Dr. Healde, and the President and Committee have done me the favour to dele- gate the present edition to me. I purpose, therefore, as a preface to this part of the work, to state the method employed by the College in b 2