3 Early Pharmaceutical Preparation Guides for English Physicians: Guy's Hospital (1791), Pharmacopoeia Chirurgica (1794) and British Pharmacopoeia (1st edition, 1864)
1) GUY'S HOSPITAL 'Pharmacopoeia, in usum valetudinarii a Thoma Guy armigero fundati, ad norman recensitae editionis pharmacopoeiae Collegii Regalis Medicorum Londinensis, reformata' (Pharmacopoeia, for the use of the hospital founded by Thomas Guy, esquire, according to the revised edition of the pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians of London, reformed), in Latin.
Pub. LONDON:1791. Collation: Title, 86pp.
Full leather, faded gold embossed title to spine, some shelf wear else good condition, no endpapers, some tanning, foxing, p5 chip to bottom of the page (5cm). KF Russell tag (127x80mm)
2) PHARMACOPOEIA CHIRURGICA 'Pharmacopoeia Chirurgica: or formulae for the use of surgeons...[and] all the principal formulae of the different hospitals'. Pub. LONDON: Printed for GG and J Robinson 1794. Collation: Title, pp[iii]-vi, 130pp.
Pale blue boards with reinforced taped spine, heavy shelf wear with marks, foxing, tanning, rough pages, uncut.
Bookplate: Ex Libris Anatomica KF Russell, Sir William George Dismore Upjohn (1888-1979), (173x100mm)
3) GENERAL COUNCIL OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (GMC) 'British Pharmacopoeia' Pub. LONDON: Spottiswoode & Co, 1864. Collation: Half title, title, pp[v]-xxii, [1] leaf, 444pp. First edition of the first official pharmacopoeia. British Pharmacopoeia was pub. under the direction of the GMC, pursuant to the significant 'Medical Act of 1858'. It made standardisation of pharmaceutical preparations and formulations compulsory.
Buckram, with gold embossed title to spine, notes to front endpaper, 'Bound by Burn, Kirby St', minor foxing and tanning, rough page edges/uncut copy.
Signatures of Edward Matthews June 1864. KF Russell tag (220x145mm)
PROVENANCE:
Collection Late Kenneth F. Russell (1911-1987), Professor of Anatomy and Medical History, University of Melbourne.
Estimate $400-600