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The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America, 1820 / by the authority of the medical societies and colleges.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection 615.11 P492
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Latin
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- United States pharmacopoeia.
- American pharmacopoeia.
- National pharmacopoeia.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Wells and Lilly for Charles Ewer, 1820.
- Notes:
- Variously called the American pharmacopoeia, the National pharmacopoeia, and the United States pharmacopoeia.
- Main text in Latin and English on opposite pages.
- Prepared and published by the authority of a general medical convention, held at Washington, January, 1820; L. Spalding, chairman of the committee of publication. Cf. p. [3]
- "Historical introduction": p. [5]-16.
- "Materia medica, or a catalogue of simple medicines, together with some prepared medicines": p. [27]-50; "Secondary list": p. [51]-57.
- Interleaved with manuscript corrections and notes by Dr. Samuel P. Griffitts. Manuscript note about the corrected copy inserted.
- OCLC:
- 14829733
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