XL FHJRMACOPEE Ro;ale, GALENl^UE & Cim 
Ml^UE^ far Moyfe Charas, Apotuaire Artijie du Roy m[on 
Jardm Roj/aldes Plmtes* A Paris, i6j6. m fmru, 
/-^r^HisWorkof the induftrfous and experienced Monfieur 
Charasy bath the Approbation both of the Ulunrioiii 
farijian Faculty of Phyfick,andof the mod ensineot Phyficians 
of P^m/uch as are the firft Phyficians of that King and Queen^ 
the aod Monfieur the Kings Brother; who give this 
TeftiiDony to it, that it contains both what is found beft in the 
Ancients, and what has been difcovered by the Moderns in 
pharmacy ^ and that therefore it may be very ufeful to all ihofe 
that addift themfelves to the ftudy and pra(3;ice of Phyfick. 
The whole Piece is divided into three Parts: The j?r/?,treats 
of G^;^^f4/i, fucbas theSubjea,Objefl:, End and Principles of 
Pharmuy^ both Galenical and Chymical ; as alfo of Medicines^ 
and cheir power in general 5 of the Choice of the Ma(erm 
medicAt and of the Place and Time fit for that choice : likewife 
of the Preparation of Medicaments^ under which he compre- 
hends hotion, trituration^ hfufim^ Cc^iion^ Fermentationy Di- 
geftion^ ^ircdation^ Gohobation^ and many more. To which he 
adds a Difcourfe of theF/V^ and its Degrees, of divers forts 
of Furnaces ^nd GementSyZs alfo of the Infirumentsand VeflTeb 
of both Pharmacies^ and the way of cutting Glafs-veflelsjtoge- 
ther with the Weight and Meafures ufed in Apothecary Shops. 
Thtfecoffd^ treats of the Galenical Preparations andCom» 
pofitions, all prefcribed or examined and correfied by his 
irmi&Majefties Firft Phyfician ;many of which the Publiflier 
affirms to be both affured and curious. This part hath \r\\o 
Books ; the former of which confiders fuch Preparations as are 
ufed inwardly 5 the latter, fuch as are applied outwardly: In 
both which the Author infiftsmoft on matters of greateftim- 
portance^and delivers things that are raoft grounded upon Ex- 
perience and Reafon. . 
The third is fpent in the Chymical Preparations of Medicines, 
whether the matter of them be Vegetables ^Animals or Minerals: 
which fort of Preparations the Author judgeth to penetrate 
more into the inner paiets of the Mixt Bodies j by a dextrous 
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