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Pharmacographia / A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India — Friedrich A. Flückiger

Pharmacographia / A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

Friedrich A. Flückiger

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 1301 pages

Pharmacographia is a scholarly essay collection on the principal vegetable drugs used in Great Britain and British India. It records the authors' original research and observations on materia medica, drawing on European and Indian sources. Listeners interested in the history of pharmacy and botany will find it a rich and informative survey.

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PHARMACOGRAPHIA.
A HISTORY OF
THE PRINCIPAL DRUGS
OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN, MET WITH IN
GREAT BRITAIN AND BRITISH INDIA.
BY
FRIEDRICH A. FLÜCKIGER, PHIL. DR.
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF STRASSBURG,
AND
DANIEL HANBURY, F.R.S.,
FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND CHEMICAL SOCIETIES
OF LONDON.
SECOND EDITION.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1879.
[The Right of Translation and Reproduction is reserved.]

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Contents

  1. PHARMACOGRAPHIA.
  2. PREFACE.
  3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  4. EXPLANATIONS.
  5. CONTENTS.
  6. I.—PHÆNOGAMOUS OR FLOWERING PLANTS.
  7. II.—CRYPTOGAMOUS or FLOWERLESS PLANTS.
  8. APPENDIX.
  9. INDEX.
  10. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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