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Blanch ard  &  Lea,  Philadelphia,  have  now  ready — 
A  Treatise  on  Pharmacy.  Designed  as  a  Text-Book  for  the  Student, 
and  as  a  Guide  for  the  Physician  and  Pharmaceutist.  Containing  the  offi- 
cinal and  many  unoflicinal  Formulas,  and  numerous  examples  of  extempor- 
aneous prescriptions.  By  Edward  Parrish.  Third  Edition,  thoroughly 
revised  and  improved,  with  important  additions.  With  two  hundred  and 
thirty-eight  illustrations.  In  one  large  and  handsome  octavo  volume  of  850 
pages,  extra  cloth.    Price  $5.00. 
The  rapid  progress  made  in  the  science  and  art  of  Pharmacy,  have  re- 
quired a  very  thorough  revision  of  this  work  to  render  it  worthy  the  con- 
tinued confidence  with  which  it  has  heretofore  been  favored.  In  effecting 
this,  many  portions  have  been  condensed,  and  every  effort  has  been  made  to 
avoid  increasing  unduly  t h  ?  bulk  of  the  volume,  yet,  notwithstanding  this, 
it  will  be  found  enlarged  by  about  one  hundred  and  fifty  pages.  The  au- 
thor's aim  has  been  to  present  in  a  clear  and  compendious  manner  every- 
thing of  value  to  the  practical  arid  scientific  pharmaceutist,  and  the  work,  it 
is  hoped,  will  be  found  more  than  ever  a  c<  mplete  book  of  reference  and 
text-book,  indispensable  to  all  who  desire  to  keep  on  a  level  with  the  ad- 
vance of  knowledge  connected  with  their  profession. 
The  immense  amount  of  practical  information  condensed  in  its  pages  may 
be  estimated  from  the  fact  that  the  Index  containsabout  4700  items.  Under 
the  heads  of  Ai  ids  there  are  31*2  references;  under  Emplastum,  36  ;  Extracts, 
159  ;  Lozenges,  25  ;  Mixtures,  55  ;  Pills,  56  ;  Syrups,  13 i  :  Tinctures,  138; 
Unguentum,  57.  A  glance  at  the  Index  will  show  that  it  is  a  storehouse 
of  that  knowledge  wiihout  which  no  pharmaceutist  can  properly  conduct 
his  business,  from  the  purchase  of  a  spatula  to  the  compounding  of  the 
most  delicate  prescriptions,  or  the  composition  and  properties  of  the 
vegetable  alkaloids. 
The  exhaustion  of  two  laree  editions,  and  the  speedy  demand  for  a  third, 
6how  thiit  the  author  had  rightly  appreciated  the  want  of  such  a  work,  and 
that  he  has  been  fully  successful  in  supplying  what  was  needed.  This  en- 
couragement has  stimulated  him  in  the  effort  to  render  it  still  mote  valuable 
to  all  who  are  engaged  in  prescribing  or  dispensing  medicines,  and  the  pre- 
sent edition  is  presented  as  in  every  way  superior  to  its  predecessors. 
Also,  now  ready—* 
The  Medical  Formulary:  Being  a  Collection  of  Prescriptions,  derived 
from  the  writings  and  practice  of  many  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  in 
America  and  Europe.  Together  with  the  usual  ITietetic  Preparations  and 
Ant. dues  for  Poisons.  To  which  is  added  an  Appendix  on  the  En  dermic 
Use  of  Medicines,  and  the  U.  e  of  Ether  and  Chloroform.  The  whole  accom- 
panied with  a  few  brief  Pharmaceutical  and  Medical  Observations;  By 
Benjamin  Ellis,  M.  D.  Eleventh  Edition,  carefully  revised  and  much  ex- 
tended, by  Robkkt  P.  Thomas,  M.  D.,  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  in  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  In  one  very  handsome  octavo  volume 
of  340  pages,  extra  cloth,  price  $2.25. 
,  The  delay  in  the  appearance  of  this  edition  has  been  caused  by  the  neces- 
sity of  waiting  for-the  publication  of  the  new  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia.  This  de- 
lay,ho  .vovi-t,  has  enabled  the  editor  to  give  it  a  most  thorough  revision'and  to 
bring  it  fully  np  to  the  present  condition  of  the  science,  lr  will  theiefore  ba 
found  a  much  enlarged  and  improved  edition  of  the  standard  favorite. 
March,  1864— It. 
