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XV.Animals in Pharmacy[1]
XVI.Reminiscences of Ancient Pharmacy[32]
XVII.Pharmacopœias[59]
XVIII.Shakespeare’s Pharmacy[70]
XIX.Some Noted Drugs[86]
XX.Familiar Medicines and Some Notes of their Histories[121]
XXI.Noted Nostrums[161]
XXII.Poisons in History[220]
XXIII.Pharmacy in the Nineteenth Century[243]
XXIV.Names and Symbols[276]
INDEX[313]

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Preparation of Theriaca[45]
Lemnian earth seals[54]
Title-page of London Pharmacopœia[63]
The Apothecary[81]
Aloe in Flower[87]
Aloe at Chelsea[88]
Castor oil plant[90]
Dr. Huxham[101]
Charles Ledger[107]
William Withering, M.D.[110]
Preparation of Guaiacum Remedies[113]
Dr. James Gregory[137]
Dr. Gregory’s Prescription[138]
Patrick Anderson, M.D.[168]
Dr. James[187]
John St. John Long[193]
Joshua Ward[209]
Horace Wells[250]
Sir James Young Simpson, M.D.[253]
Friedrich Wöhler[258]
August Kekulé[262]
A. W. von Hofmann[264]
Alchemical symbols[308], [309], [310]

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