An Introduction to Practical Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-Book for the Student, and as a Guide to the Physician and Pharmaceutist, With Many Formulas and Prescriptions (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Edward Parrish

9780265537893: An Introduction to Practical Pharmacy: Designed as a Text-Book for the Student, and as a Guide to the Physician and Pharmaceutist, With Many Formulas and Prescriptions (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0265537894 ISBN 13: 9780265537893

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Essential reference for the curious reader and medical student alike: a thorough survey of alkaloids, drugs, and medical texts from a 19th‑century catalog perspective.

This edition compiles detailed information on prominent alkaloids, including morphia and its salts, narcotina, codeia, and other compounds used in medical practice. It covers methods of preparation, testing, and properties, such as solubility, reactions, and typical uses in external or internal applications. The material also surveys related drugs, their sources, and practical notes for practitioners, all framed within a historical clinical context. Readers will encounter practical procedures, sample calculations, and notes that illustrate how pharmacists and physicians approached pharmacology and therapeutics of the era. The tone remains instructive and oriented toward use in teaching and daily practice.

Learn how morphia and other opium alkaloids were extracted, purified, and tested.
Explore the properties and salts used in medicine, including solubility and reaction behavior.
See how early pharmacology connected plant sources to therapeutic applications.
Gain a glimpse into the era’s clinical and pharmaceutical teaching materials.

Ideal for readers of historical medical texts, pharmacology history, and collectors of 19th‑century scientific catalogues.

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