Part 1

CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO ATLANTA . SAN FRANCISCO

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA. LTD.

TORONTO

CHRONICLES OF PHARMACY

A. C. WOOTTON

VOL. II

MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED

ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON

1910

RICHARD CLAY AND SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS

VOL. II

CHAPTER PAGE

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