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The dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in London: [translated] with some notes relating to the manner of composition, and remarks on the changes made in most of the officinal medicines, from their first prescribers down to the present practice / [Translated and edited] By John Quincy.

  • Quincy, John, -1722.
Date:
1721
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The dispensatory of the Royal College of Physicians in London: [translated] with some notes relating to the manner of composition, and remarks on the changes made in most of the officinal medicines, from their first prescribers down to the present practice / [Translated and edited] By John Quincy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    will readily perceive the neceffity for fuck a dlfllnBlon as is here ufed, to pre¬ vent any Mlftakes. We have reje&ed a great Number of Simple Waters $ and contented our felves with thofe only which are capa¬ ble of being kept good, and which re¬ tain fome Taft, Flavour or Virtue, of the Plants from whence they are drawn, i Here is greater Care taken for the dlftillation of Compound Waters: For aim oft every Water had a different way of being made in different Shops, every one following his own pleafure m the Management • fo that if we look to the old Compofitions, with regard to their Virtues, we (hall find the Apothecary kept to no Rule in making, and con- fequently that the Phyficlan could have none in preferibmg: It was highly ne- ceffary therefore to bring this Matter to fome Standard ■ particularly m ad¬ juring the Degree oj Strength to which fffe thofe