Hardcover reprint of the original 1724 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Quincy, John. Pharmacopoeia Officinalis Extemporanea, Or, A Complete English Dispensatory, In Four Parts: Containing 1. The Theory of Pharmacy, And The Several Processes Therein: 2. A Description of The Officinal Simples, With Their Virtues And Preparations, Galenical And Chymical: 3. The Officinal Compositions, According To The Last Alterations of The College; Together With Some Others of Uncommon Efficacy, Taken From The Most Celebrated Authors: Iv. Extemporaneous Prescriptions, Distributed Into Classes Suitable To Their Intentions In Cure. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Quincy, John. Pharmacopoeia Officinalis Extemporanea, Or, A Complete English Dispensatory, In Four Parts: Containing 1. The Theory of Pharmacy, And The Several Processes Therein: 2. A Description of The Officinal Simples, With Their Virtues And Preparations, Galenical And Chymical: 3. The Officinal Compositions, According To The Last Alterations of The College; Together With Some Others of Uncommon Efficacy, Taken From The Most Celebrated Authors: 4. Extemporaneous Prescriptions, Distributed Into Classes Suitable To Their Intentions In Cure, . London: Printed For E. Bell At The Cross-Keys And Bible In Cornhill, W. Taylor At The Ship In Paternoster-Row, And J. Osborn At The Oxford-Arms In Lombard-Street, 1724. Subject: Dispensatories

429 entries to national and privately-compiled pharmacopoeias, formularies, and dispensatories. International in coverage, covers titles published between 1515-1972. Entries arranged geographically under National compilations, and alphabetically by authors under Private compilations. Entries include bibliographical information, dates of authors, notes, and cross references. Index of names, Chronological index. 16 plates.

This text looks at the safety of drugs from the beginning of time until 1961, including six marker drugs and the problems of 50 drugs subsequently withdrawn or restricted.