Murray, J[ohn]:

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A SYSTEM OF MATERIA MEDICA AND PHARMACY...With Notes by N. Chapman. John Murray, a noted physician and professor at the University of Edinburgh, initially published his ELEMENTS OF MATERIA MEDICA in 1804, expanding it into the present work in 1810. Nathaniel Chapman, a physician and founding president of the American Medical Association, prepared an American edition in 1815, to serve as a textbook for his own lectures. The present second American edition followed in 1821. In the first volume, Murray discusses the general principles of pharmaceutic chemistry and of materia medica, with chapters on narcotics, diuretics, antacids, expectorants, and more. The second volume is more specialized, discussing everything from syrups and honeys to ointments, metallic preparations, tinctures, vinegars, fixed oils, and much more. An important early pharmaceutical text tailored for American use. Not in Cordasco, who only lists editions of 1824 and 1828, with notes by John Beck.

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