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then proceed to notice briefly those of the remedies 
belonging to Materia Medica proper, not medi- 
~ caments—which have not been already sketched 
in the preceding outlines. 
Detail of the relative portions of the articles of 
Materia Medica from the vegetable, mineral and 
animal kingdoms. a : 
The Pharmacopia of the United States contains 
in its two lists 292 simple medicinal articles—of 
these 
236 are Vegetable.— Botany. 
44 — Mineral.— Mineralogy. 
5 — Animal. 
_ 2— From the sea. Zoology. 
- 5 — Insect tribe—Entomology. 
_ The Materia Medica of Cullen (a standard work) 
contains under different heads or classes, 480 articles 
and compounds—of these 
$10 are Vegetable.— Botany. 
29 — Mineral.—Mineralogy. 
89 — Animal Zool: 
2— Insect tribe—Entomology. g rosy 
Dyckman’s edition of the Edinburg Dispensatory 
contains under its various heads, 2088 articles and com- 
pounds—of these 
1372 are Vegetable.— Botany. 
_619-— Mineral—Mineralogy. 
41— Animal. — 
17 — From the sea. Zoology. 
$9 — Insect tribe—Entomology. 
Thatcher’s Dispensatory contains 1037 articles and, 
compounds under its various heads—of these eee 
_ 668 are Vegetable —Botony. 
332 — Mineral.—Mineralogy. 
 15— Animal. ‘a Pees 
- _8— Fromthe sea. =. Zoology. 
~14— Insect tribe—Entomology.} 
