Author: LEWIS, W.
Title: The new dispensatory: Containing, I. The elements of pharmacy. II. The materia medica,... III. The preparations and compositions of the New London and Edinburgh pharmacopoeias. The 2nd edition corrected, w. large additions.
Description: London, J. Nourse, 1765. Hlf.cloth over old clf. covers (worn). (XII, 692 pp.). (Partly waterst. and yellow.) DSB VIII, 297/9:'...,the 'New Dispensatory' was highly praised by that archcritic W. Cullen as the only English pharmacopoeia that 'made an improvement on the 'materia medica...The work went through many editions before and after Lewis' death ...': Kremers & Urdang 157 a.o.pl.: Schelenz 566: Ferchl 312: Matthews 280 a.o.pl.: Comp. Waring I, 63: Wellcome III, 511: Blake 270. Neu 2380.

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