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內容簡介 Where did the great vegetable drugs of the pharmacopoeia come from, and how did they gain their authority? In Origin And History Of All The Pharmacopeial Vegetable Drugs, Chemicals And Preparations With Bibliography; Vol I, pioneering American pharmacist John Uri Lloyd follows each remedy back through trade routes, apothecaries, laboratories, and earlier herbals, creating a classic materia medica and pharmacopoeia history handbook in one volume. Every page repays close study. Scholarly yet vivid, this historical pharmacognosy reference traces botanical drug origins from field and forest to the dispensary counter. With a storyteller's eye for the strange and significant, Lloyd sketches the history of medicinal plants at the heart of nineteenth century pharmacy and the broader history of American pharmacy, setting official standards beside folk practice and eclectic medicine history. Carefully assembled bibliographies anchor the narrative, turning John Uri Lloyd pharmacognosy into a living map of pharmacopeial vegetable drugs and their journeys. Resonant for pharmacists and herbalists, curious readers, and scholars alike, it is a ready reference for medical historians and a key to the intellectual world of nineteenth-century dispensaries and eclectic practice. Brought back into circulation by Alpha Editions, it stands as a touchstone in the history of medicinal plants and the history of American pharmacy. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure for classic medical literature and historical pharmacognosy collections.
