The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M. DCCC. IX / translated into English, with notes, &c. by Richard Powell.

  • Royal College of Physicians of London.
Date:
1815
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Credit: The pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, M. DCCC. IX / translated into English, with notes, &c. by Richard Powell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    be occasionally useful in the shops, and that its defects might easily be pardoned, and hereafter removed by those of our pro- fessional brethren who are better acquaint- ed with the application of these substances in the countries referred to. The table of doses has been revised, but not much altered. I stated its neces- sary imperfections in the former preface, which I shall not again repeat, but I beg leave to offer my opinion that doses can be ascertained by experience alone, and that nothing; can be more fallacious than to infer those of compound substances from those of their constituent parts. 1 have had some little experience upon this sub- ject, and I believe the table to be as cor- rect, practically, as the nature of the sub- ject will admit. Many of the articles, it is true, will allow of increase with perfect safety beyond the limits which are here as- signed, especially when they are intended to produce some particular definite effects, and upon the whole general practice may be thought, in fact, and perhaps wisely, to keep itself below the standard rather than exceed it; and my chief object has been