CONTENTS. 



Note by the Editor of this 

 Edition 



Preface . 



Pbarmacopceia 



Apothecaries Act 



English Weights 



French Weights 



English Measures 



French Measures 



Specific gravity and Hydro- 

 meters 



Thermometers and Tempera- 

 tures . 



Contractions used in prescrib- 

 ing^, and in medical writings 



V 



. ix 



. xii 



xxii 



XXXV 



xxxviii 

 xl 

 xli 



xlv 

 xlviii 



A. Organic bodies^ or tJieir parts. 



I. Vegetables . . I 



II. Animals . . . 131 



B. Substances not organized, 



III. Compound Combustibles not 

 OF AN OILY Nature. 



(a) Of vegetable origin. 



Sugars 

 Gums 

 Gum resins 

 Watery juices . 

 Watery extracts 

 Mixed extracts . 

 Farinas and Fcculas 

 Spirituous liquors 



148 

 152 

 154 

 158 

 160 

 1G4 

 105 

 169 



Fermented doughs and ferments 174 

 Roasted vegetable substances . 176 



(b) Of animal origin. 



Animal secretions and excretions 177 

 Morbid concretions . .181 



Gelatinous extracts . .182 



(c) 0/. 



ml 



origif 



182 



IV. Compound Combustibles of 

 AN oily Nature. 



(a) Of vegetable origin. 



Mucilaginous oils . . 183 



Vegetable butters . . . 188 



Essential oils . . . 189 



Distilled vegetable oils . .195 



Camphire . . .198 



Ethers . . . . 199 



Turpentines and Balsams . 200 



Rosins . . . . 203 



Resinous extracts . . 209 



Glutinous matters . . .214 



(b) Of animal origin. 



Animal oils and fats . .215 



Bees' wax . . . 218 



Animal resins .218 



Distilled animal oils . . 220 



(c) Of mineral origin. 

 Mineral oils . .220 



