Selections

FROM

PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTIONS:

CONTAINING

LISTS OF THE TERMS, PHRASES, CONTRACTIONS, AND
ABBREVIATIONS, USED IN PRESCRIPTIONS, WITH
EXPLANATORY NOTES; THE GRAMMATICAL CON-
STRUCTION OF PRESCRIPTIONS; RULES FOR THE
PRONUNCIATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL TERMS; A
PROSODIACAL VOCABULARY OF THE NAMES OF DRUGS,
ETC.; AND A SERIES OF ABBREVIATED PRESCRIPTIONS
ILLUSTRATING THE USE OF THE PRECEDING TERMS:
To which is added

2008 AND CO.

PREFACE

ΤΟ THE THIRTEENTH EDITION.

THIS little work has been before the public for thirty-seven years, the first edition having. been published in 1824.

In preparing the thirteenth edition for the press, every attention has been paid to its general accuracy. This, it is sincerely hoped, will enable it to maintain the high character and position experienced by the former editions.

May 1861.

PREFACE

ΤΟ THE THIRTEENTH EDITION.

THIS little work has been before the public for thirty-seven years, the first edition having been published in 1824.

In preparing the thirteenth edition for the press, every attention has been paid to its general accuracy. This, it is sincerely hoped, will enable it to maintain the high character and position experienced by the former editions.

May 1861