THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY 
DECEMBER,  1896. 
AMERICAN  PHARMACOPOEIAS  AND  DISPENSATORIES.1 
By  John  Uri  Li<oyd. 
The  following  list,  with  brief  descriptions,  embraces  the  record  of 
American  Pharmacopoeias  and  Dispensatories  to  1890,  so  far  as  the 
writer  can  determine.  The  original  intention  was  to  complete  the 
subject  by  incorporating  therewith  a  list  of  American  Materia 
Medicas,  Formularies,  works  on  pharmacy  and  allied  sciences,  such 
as  medical  botany  and  medical  materia  medica.  However,  it  be- 
came evident  that  these  in  themselves  were  more  than  enough  for 
a  journal  contribution,  and  hence  they  were  left  for  another  occa- 
sion. In  some  instances  difficulty  was  experienced  in  properly 
classifying  the  publications,  since  titles  do  not  always  serve  as  a 
proper  means  of  classification.  For  this  reason  some  publications 
reserved  for  other  sections  might,  perhaps,  more  justly  be  included 
in  the  list  herewith  presented. 
The  record  is  made  up  from  the  contents  of  the  Lloyd  Library, 
but  the  list  has  been  compared  with  such  catalogues  as  that  of  the 
Surgeon  General's  Library,  which  is  not  as  complete  as  our  own  in 
works  of  this  description,  and  it  is  not  likely  that  many  prominent 
oversights  have  been  made.  Any  information  concerning  omissions 
will  be  thankfully  received.  It  should  be  added  that  homoeopathic 
works  are  not  herein  included,  for  the  reason  that  the  library  is  not 
as  yet  complete  enough  in  this  direction  to  do  justice  to  such  publi- 
cations. 
1  Read  at  the  November  Meeting  of  the  Cincinnati  Section  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society. 
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