Chronicles of Pharmacy (2 Volume Slipcase)

USV Pharmaceutical Corporation, Tuckahoe, NY. 1972. Hardcover. Special Edition reprint of the 1910 original. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: As New. No DJ. Slipcase: Fine; blue cloth with beveled edges to opening. 3/4 brown cloth over boards with Blue cloth overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound. 760 pp (428 pp Vol I; 332 pp Vol II) 8vo. The history of pharmacy is the history of civilization. Man has been pharmaceutically oriented since his beginnings-constantly attempting to control the hazards of his environment and allay the forces of disease and death with balms and potents. Deities, kings, quacks, philosophers, priests, poisoners, and dreamers.seers and scientific chemists, have all helped to shape the fabric of pharmacy, and many features of their work and anecdotes concerning them are found in these volumes. Wootton's Chronicles were first published in 1910 and since have been virtually unobtainable until these special facsimile editions were prepared for USV Pharmaceutical Corporation. A clean very presentable set of books in an equally nice slipcase.