Part I comprises General Pharmacy, which includes the study of weights and measures, specific gravity, the application and control of heat, mechanical subdivision of drugs, and methods of solution and separation, together with a classification and description of the various plant products and solvents used in pharmacy.
Part II treats of Practical Pharmacy. This involves a study of the official galenical preparations, together with the many operations of the dispensing counter. It has been the author’s aim to explain as clearly as possible the various processes and apparatus met with in this department, and to point out the difficulties likely to be encountered, as well as the remedies therefor. All suggestions made
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have been tried and verified by the author before offering them, so that statements made are based on actual experience.