500 pgs. Index; contains a vast number of formulas, covering a wealth of information valuable to the pharmacist, for home/household use and for veterinary preparations and applications. A good deal of the information given is based upon knowlege & recommendations from various pharmacopoeias, the Electric Dispensatory, the National Formulary, and other authoritative works of the period. "The quantities of all formulas have been adapted to the usual needs of pharmacists." For example, there are over 60 pharmacetitical preparations given, incl. the following: abstracts; Acids; Balsam; Camphor; Chloroforms; Drops; Extracts; Honeys; Juices; Lotions; Ointments; Pastes; Pills; Salts; Spirits; Tinctures; Vinegars; Wines; etc. There are numerous household remedies, over 40 in number, including Bitters; Bunion cures; burns & scalds; cough & cold remedies; diarrhoea/dysentary; ear medicines; eczema; gout; hay-fever; itch remedies; ointment & salves; ringworm; throat afflictions; warts; etc. Under section dealing with Veterinary Preparations are included medicines & preparations for horses, cattle; sheep; swine; dogs & cats; chickens. Includied is an extensive section preparing perfumes, powders, colognes; tonics; mouth, head & bath preparations and an interesting soda water preparation, e.g. fruit juices; root beer; sodas; syrups; tonics; vinegars and the like. Also laid-in front fly-leaf pages is small 30+ pg. pamphlet titled "A Dose List of Drugs, Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Prepared Especially For Reference In Dispensing." dated 1893. Also on pg. 111 is an attached/laid-in formula for "Lotion Calamine & Zinc Oxide." Additionally, on pg. 123, are 2 formulas (penned-in on top margin for Sippy Powder and Soda Bicarbonate. Maroon cloth boards & spine are quite good for their age, showing only a little edge and cloth wear. The covers & spine have one or two small, minor discoloration spots, else afford solid, good protection to interior pgs. of this old & interesting medical volume. Size: 6 1/4" x 9 1/4".

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Title

The Standard Formulary; A Collection Of Nearly Five Thousand Formulas For Pharmaceutical Preparations, Family Remedies, Toilet Articles, Veterinary Remedies, Soda Fountain Requisites, And Miscellaneous Preparations . Adapted . To Retail Druggest.

Publisher

Chicago: G. P. Engelhard & Co.

Publication Date

1901

Binding

H.b.

Condition

Normal Shelf Wear; Very Good

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Medicine/Health

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Internet and mail order; the inventory is largely catholic in scope in that there are items in many fields and disciplines; much of the stock, especially that of older or earlier copyrighted material, is from items which have been in the family for several generations. With the passage of time, and family members, these collections have, somewhat, gravitated together and are offered for sale, via ABE; we continue to acquire additional items of interest, from time to time, as they turn up.

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