a book containing the method of preparing the various kinds of medicines used in pharmacy. Such are those of Bauderon, Quercetan, Zwelfer, Charas, Baté, Mesue, Salmon, Lemery, Quincy, and Lewis; but the latest and most esteemed, besides the London and Edinburgh pharmacopoeias, is the Edinburgh New Dispensatory, first edited by Dr Duncan, and afterwards by Dr Christison.