ae BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. 
‘combination is effected ; but different medicines are merely mixed 
together with the intention of promoting their efficacy, of correcting 
their operation, of covering their taste or flavor, or of giving them a 
From this view of the objects of pharmacy, it.is evident, that it is 
Principally a particular application of chemistry. Its operations 
are either directly chemical, or require that the chemical properties 
of the bodies operated on should be accurately known. 
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