(from παράποια remedy, and ποιεῖν to make), means a dispensatory, or a treatise describing the preparations of the several kinds of medicines, with their uses, manner of application, &c.

We have various pharmacopeias, as those of Bau-deron, Quercetan, Zwelfer, Charas, Bates, Salmon, Lemery,

who flourished about 125 years before Christ, and wrote some allegorical commentaries on the scripture, was the author of those traditions by an adherence to which the Pharisees were principally distinguished from other sects. PHARMACY.