The Edinburgh new dispensatory : containing, I. The elements of pharmaceutical chemistry. II. The materia medica; or, the natural, pharmaceutical and medical history of the different substances employed in medicine. III. The pharmaceutical preparations and compositions; : including complete and accurate translations of the octavo edition of the London pharmacopoeia, published in 1791; Dublin pharmacopoeia, published in 1794; and of the new edition of the Edinburgh pharmacopoeia, published in 1803. : Illustrated and explained in the language and according to the principles of modern chemistry. : With many new and useful tables. And several copperplates, explaining the new system of chemical characters, and representing the most useful pharmaceutical apparatus. / By Andrew Duncan, Jun. M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Royal Society of Edinburgh, and associate of the Linnæan Society in London.

Author/creator Duncan, Andrew
Other author Lewis, William, 1708-1781.
Other author Doolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 engraver.
Format Electronic
EditionFirst Worcester edition.
Publication InfoWorcester [Mass.] : From the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., sold by him in Worcester & Springfield; also by Thomas & Andrews, Boston, and Thomas & Whipple, Newburyport, July--1805.
Descriptionxii, 329, 340-694 pages, VI leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 8374. ^A575643
General note"Dr. Lewis published the first edition of his New dispensatory in 1753. ... After the death of Dr. Lewis; Dr. Webster, Dr. Duncan, and Dr. Rotheram, successively contributed to maintain the reputation of the work, by taking advantage of the discoveries made in natural history and chemistry, and by making those alterations which new editions ... rendered necessary ... these improved editions were entitled, 'The Edinburgh new dispensatory.' ..."--Preface, p. [v].
General notePlates signed: A. Doolittle sculpt.
General noteIncludes English and Latin indexes.
General note"Directions to the bookbinder."--p. [iv].
References Shaw & Shoemaker 8374
References Austin, R.B. Early Amer. medical imprints, 1147
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8374).

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