Galenic Pharmacy: A Practical Handbook to the Processes of the British Pharmacopoeia (Classic Reprint)

In a paper recently published in tlie Pharmaceutical Journal Mr. Joseph I nce remarks as follows :N othing is more difficult than to set the boundaries of pharmacy, of which chemistry is the mainspring, while other sciences lend tributary assistance. There still exists a distinct plot of ground called pharmacy, which it may task ones best energies to cultivate aright, and Jie who imagines a knowledge of certai)t allied sciences to he alone sufficient ivill he mournfully disappointed. While such works as A ttfield sor Fownes Chemistry, Bentley sor Prantl and Vines Botany, and Deschauel sor Ganot s Physics have amply provided the student with instruction in these sciences, he has been left almost without help in their application to the Practice op Pharmacy. Such being the case, no apology is needed for the appearance of this manual, which it is hoped will satisfy the want which has so long been felt to exist. In order that the apprentice or student may obtain a thorough insight into the manipulation of drugs for the production of preparations therefrom, there is no substitute for laboratory work, none whatever ;he is therefore urged to work out examples of every class of preparations, and on no account to omit those luhich are marked with an asterisk.
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