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The edinburgh new dispensatory containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, An Account of the different Substances employed in Medicine. III. The Pharmaceutical Preparations and Medicinal Compositions of the latest Editions of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. With the Additions of the most approved Formulae, From the best Foreign Pharmacopoeias. The whole interspersed with practical cautions and observations; and Enriched with the Latest Discoveries in Natural History, Chemistry, and Medicine; with new tables of Elective Attractions, Of Antimonial and Mercurial Preparations, &c. and several copperplates of the most convenient furnaces, and Principal pharmaceutical instruments. Being an improvement of the new dispensatory by Dr. Lewis. The fifth edition; with many alterations, Corrections, and Additions: and a full and clear account of the new chemical doctrines published by Mr. Lavoisier.

Title
The edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, An Account of the different Substances employed in Medicine. III. The Pharmaceutical Preparations and Medicinal Compositions of the latest Editions of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. With the Additions of the most approved Formulae, From the best Foreign Pharmacopoeias. The whole interspersed with practical cautions and observations; and Enriched with the Latest Discoveries in Natural History, Chemistry, and Medicine; with new tables of Elective Attractions, Of Antimonial and Mercurial Preparations, &c. and several copperplates of the most convenient furnaces, and Principal pharmaceutical instruments. Being an improvement of the new dispensatory by Dr. Lewis. The fifth edition; with many alterations, Corrections, and Additions: and a full and clear account of the new chemical doctrines published by Mr. Lavoisier.
Author
Lewis, William, 1708-1781.
Publication
Edinburgh : printed for William Creech. And sold in London by G. G. and J. Robinson and T. Kay, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]

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Description
xxxi,[1],622,[2]p.,plates; 8⁰.
Uniform Title
New dispensatory
Alternative Title
New dispensatory
Subject
  • Dispensatories
  • Pharmacopoeias > Great Britain
  • Materia medica > Early works to 1800
Note
  • Dedication signed: John Rotherham, the editor.
  • With a half-title and final leaf listing the makers of 'Furnaces, beams, weights, & measures' illustrated.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642291908
  • ECCO1-T114524
Author
Lewis, William, 1708-1781.
Title
The edinburgh new dispensatory [electronic resource] : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, An Account of the different Substances employed in Medicine. III. The Pharmaceutical Preparations and Medicinal Compositions of the latest Editions of the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias. With the Additions of the most approved Formulae, From the best Foreign Pharmacopoeias. The whole interspersed with practical cautions and observations; and Enriched with the Latest Discoveries in Natural History, Chemistry, and Medicine; with new tables of Elective Attractions, Of Antimonial and Mercurial Preparations, &c. and several copperplates of the most convenient furnaces, and Principal pharmaceutical instruments. Being an improvement of the new dispensatory by Dr. Lewis. The fifth edition; with many alterations, Corrections, and Additions: and a full and clear account of the new chemical doctrines published by Mr. Lavoisier.
Imprint
Edinburgh : printed for William Creech. And sold in London by G. G. and J. Robinson and T. Kay, M,DCC,XCVII. [1797]
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T114524.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain Scotland Edinburgh.
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