A Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics Royle Paperback 9781108069298

A Manual of Materia Medica and TherapeuticsIncluding the Preparations of the Pharmacopoieas of London, Edinburgh, and Dublin, with Many New Medicines\nAuthor(s): John Forbes Royle\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108069298, 978-1108069298\nSynopsis\nHaving served as a military surgeon in India, where he also pursued botanical research and investigated the efficacy of Hindu medicines, John Forbes Royle [tel] went on to become a professor of materia medica at King's College, London. Acknowledging the need for a thorough yet manageable textbook on the subject, he published in 1847 this manual containing entries on the medicinal substances derived from minerals, plants and animals that were used in Britain at that time. The terminology, operations and aims of pharmaceutical practice are also addressed, and the differing preparations of the London, Edinburgh and Dublin pharmacopoeias are taken into.