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The pharmacopoeia of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Massachusetts Medical Society.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pharmacopoeias--United States.
- Pharmacopoeias.
- United States.
- Materia Medica.
- Massachusetts.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- Pharmacology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Materia Medica.
- Massachusetts.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- Pharmacology.
- Penn Provenance:
- Albert, Daniel M. (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Albert, Eleanor (donor) (Albert Collection copy)
- Harvard University. Library of the Schools of Medicine and Public Health (stamp) (Albert Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 272 pages ; 19 cm
- Manufacture:
- (Greenough and Stebbins, printers)
- Other Title:
- Massachusetts pharmacopoeia
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Published by E. & J. Larkin ..., 1808.
- Notes:
- "At a meeting of the counsellors, October 3, 1805, a committee was appointed to draw up ... a pharmacopoeia ... to be called the Massachusetts Pharmacopoeia."--Massachusetts Medical Society. Medical communications, v. 6 (1838) p. 56.
- "The Society ... resolved to adopt the Pharmacopoeia of the Edinburgh college as the basis of their own; but to permit such omissions, alterations, and additions as ... should be found necessary."--Preface.
- Statement on p. [3] (dated Dec. 17, 1807) signed by the members of the committee, James Jackson and J.C. Warren.
- "Table of ancient names": p. [195]-211.
- "Table of systematic names": p. [213]-229.
- Includes indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Albert Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert.
- Albert Collection copy has red ink stamp ("HARVARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH LIBRARY"), struck through, on verso of title leaf; bookplate(?) of an unidentified former owner on back pastedown.
- Albert Collection copy bound in one quarter gold-ruled leather over marbled paper boards; gold-rule spine panels; gold-stamped red leather spine label ("MASS. MEDICAL SOCIETY PHARMACOPOEIA 1808"); all edges stippled blue (now somewhat effaced).
- Cited in:
- Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1222
- Shaw & Shoemaker 15554
- OCLC:
- 8248967
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