Descrizione

8vo. XVI, 111 pp., final blank page. Contemporary marbled boards. Second edition. - Scarce pharmaceutical compendium for military hospitals. This pharmacopeia encourages physicians to harmonise prescriptions to make treatments more efficient and reliable and promotes the use of domestic remedies. First published thus in 1793, this work appears to be an expanded translation of Jean François Coste's 1780 "Compendium pharmaceuticum". - The booklet comprises medicines for internal and external use, including medicinal wines, potions, herbal juices, powders, pills, poultices, gargles, lotions, liniments, injections and enemas. In addition, it includes a table of weights and measures, as well as observations on the importance of clean air in hospital rooms, a proposition of pharmacy subdivisions equipped with first-aid medication following the ambulances, and a model patient form to be filled out by a physician on his ward rounds. - Pencil note on the title-page marking the copy as a duplicate. Extremities slightly rubbed; small flaws to marbled paper along spine. Interior somewhat brownstained throughout. - OCLC 17407037.