AD^'cimbe^i896m*}    Pharmacopoeias  and  Dispensatories.  641 
Griffith,  Philadelphia,  with  the  addition  of  "  Formulae  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia."  This  book,  of  329  pages,  is  wholly  devoted 
to  medicinal  preparations  and  the  therapy  of  pharmacopceial  drugs. 
1852. — The  first  edition  of  "  The  Eclectic  Dispensatory,"  by  Dr- 
John  King  and  Dr.  Robert  S.  Newton,  708  pages,  was  issued  in 
1852.  An  injunction  against  this  book  was  taken  by  the  proprietors 
of  the  "  United  States  Dispensatory,"  which  was  finally  upheld  by 
the  Courts,  and,  in  consequence,  Dr.  King  was  compelled  to  destroy 
his  plates  and  pay  the  owners  of  the  "  United  States  Dispensatory  " 
a  large  amount  of  money.  In  all,  the  expense  to  King  was  over 
$6,000.  The  next  edition  (1854)  appeared  under  the  name  of  "  The 
American  Eclectic  Dispensatory,"  by  Dr.  John  King,  which  title 
was  subsequently  changed  to  "  The  American  Dispensatory."  In 
1880  a  supplement  of  202  pages  was  added,  by  Dr.  John  King  and 
J.  U.  Lloyd.  In  all,  sixteen  editions  of  this  Dispensatory  have 
appeared,  there  having  been  three  revisions. 
1869. — "The  Physio-Medical  Dispensatory,"  832  pages,  by  Dr. 
Wm.  H.  Cook,  Cincinnati.  This  work  is  authority  with  the  follow- 
ers of  Samuel  Thomson,  and  is  a  very  interesting  publication.  This 
school  of  medicine  (physio-medical)  excludes  poisons  from  its  mate- 
ria medica  and  has  many  advocates  in  the  middle  West. 
i8j8. — "  The  Dispensatory  and  Pharmacopoeia  of  North  America 
and  Great  Britain,"  620  pages,  by  Dr.  John  Buchanan  and  Dr.  John 
T.  Siggins,  Philadelphia,  1878.  This  book,  so  far  as  the  face  of  the 
text  is  concerned,  reminds  one  of  the  1880  edition  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia,  but  the  resemblance  extends  no  further  than 
the  face  of  the  type.  The  author,  Dr.  Buchanan,  of  Philadelphia, 
should  not  be  confused  with  Dr.  Jos.  R.  Buchanan,  formerly  of 
Boston,  now  residing  at  San  Jose,  Cal.  No  subsequent  edition 
appeared. 
i8yg. — The  first  edition  of  "The  National  Dispensatory,"  1,628 
pages,  by  Dr.  Alfred  Stille  and  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch,  appeared  in 
1879,  Philadelphia.  The  contents  were  arranged  alphabetically  by- 
sections,  the  General  Index  being  supported  by  a  Therapeutical 
Index.  The  second  edition  appeared  in  1880,  the  third  edition  in 
1884,  the  fourth  edition  in  1889.  At  the  death  of  Prof.  Maisch,  the 
work  was  revised  by  Dr.  Alfred  Stille,  Prof.  Chas.  Caspari,  Jr.,  and 
Henry  C.  C.  Maisch,  the  name  of  Prof.  John  M.  Maisch  remaining 
on  the  title-page. 
