The New Dispensatory....

London: J. Nourse, 1753. First. Full Leather. First edition. vi+ contents(6)+xxxii Introduction+664 pps. Index at rear. Full contemporary calf, hubbed spine. Very worn overall. Front free endpaper replaced, lacking rear endaper so that the final page of the index is the last leaf. Text is complete and clean. Prev. own. inscr. on title page: "Ex libris Gamaleil Wood/ Academiae Edinburgensis/ 1763". Contains the following sections: I. The Theory and Practice of Pharmacy; II. A Distribution of Medicinal Simples, according to their Virtues and sensible Qualities; the Description, Use, and Dose of each Article; III. A full Translation of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias; with the Use, Dose, &c. of several Medicines; IV. Directions for Expemporaneous Prescription; with a select Number of elegant Forms; V. A Collection of Cheap Remedies for the Use of the Poor. "The Whole interpreted with Practical Cautions and Observations. Intended as a Correction, and Improvement of Quincy." Item #E4842

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