Lectures on Practical Pharmacy (Classic Reprint)

B. S. Proctor

ISBN 10: 0259844713 / ISBN 13: 9780259844716

Published by Forgotten Books, 2017

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Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 498 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lectures on Practical Pharmacy (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0259844713
• ISBN 13: 9780259844716
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Practical, hands-on insights into pharmacy from a seasoned lecturer.

This book collects the author’s lectures on pharmacy, aiming to educate and enliven the science behind medicinal preparations. It blends observation, experiment, and practical know-how to strengthen the student’s sense of the field and its public value.

The author describes his approach to teaching, the mix of Latin and English terms, and the challenges of turning lectures into a usable text. The work prioritizes understanding the nature of pharmacy, not just memorizing facts, and it includes notes on official products and how they’re prepared in practice. Readers will gain a sense of how a pharmacist reasons through processes, from drying and comminution to solutions, crystallization, and diffusion, with an emphasis on verifiable observations and real-world applications.

• Foundations of practical pharmacy, including how lectures were shaped and what the course aimed to achieve.
• Core topics such as drying, comminution, solutions, crystallisation, and diffusion, with experiment-based explanations.
• Discussion of official formulas, product preparation, and the relationship between theory and manufacture.
• Notes on teaching methods, language use, and the author’s aim to educate as well as instruct.

Ideal for readers of pharmacy studies, professional chemists and druggists, and anyone seeking a historically grounded view of practical pharmaceutical education.