638  Pharmacopoeias  and  Dispensatories.    { ADecembWP  i896m^ 
AMERICAN  PHARMACOPOEIAS. 
1778. — The  first  American  Pharmacopoeia  was  issued  in  1778. 
It  was  titled  "  Pharmacopoeia  Simpliciorum  et  Efificaciorum,"  etc., 
and  was  published  for  the  United  States  Hospital,  Lititz,  Lancaster 
County,  Pa.  The  work  is  in  Latin,  contains  thirty-two  pages,  the 
text  occupying  4^  x  2^  inches.  It  is  in  two  sections,  the  first  sec- 
tion being  devoted  to  "  Medicamenta  Interna the  second  section,  to 
"  Medicamenta  Externa  seu  Chirurgica."  A  second  edition  was 
issued  in  1781,  this  being  presented  by  Mr.  Chas.  A.  Heinitsch 
to  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
In  this  (second)  edition  the  name  W.  Brown,  M.D.,  author,  is 
found  on  the  title-page,  but  it  is  absent  from  the  first  edition.  A 
reprint  of  this  work  appeared  in  the  Am.  Jour.  Pharm.,  September, 
1884. 
1808. — The  second  book  issued  in  America  under  the  name 
"  Pharmacopoeia,"  was  by  the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  in  1808. 
This  was  "  prepared  conformably  to  a  vote  of  the  Counsellors, 
passed  on  the  third  day  of  October,  1805."  This  volume  is  beautifully 
printed  (Boston,  272  pages),  contains  both  an  English  and  a  Latin 
index,  posological  and  prosodial  table  of  ancient  names,  with  their 
synonyms,  and  a  table  of  systematic  names  and  their  synonyms. 
This  book  cannot  but  excite  admiration,  and  the  reviewer  regrets 
that  space  will  not  permit  him  to  dwell  at  length  upon  some  phases 
of  its  contents. 
1820. — The  first  issue  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  United  States 
appeared  in  1820  from  the  press  of  Wells  &  Lilly,  Boston.  It 
contained  272  pages,  and  was  printed  in  both  English  and  Latin. 
A  second  edition  was  issued  in  1828.  All  subsequent  revisions 
were  in  English  only. 
Owing  to  internal  dissensions,  two  Pharmacopoeias  were  issued  in 
1830,  one  (176  pages)  from  New  York,  the  other  (268  pages)  from 
Philadelphia.    Subsequent  revisions  were  as  follows  : 
Hospital  Formularies  (excepting  1778)  are  omitted. 
