Pharmacie

1887 · 63590 — Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company 1887. Thick 8vo. 1080 pp. With over 500 text woodcut engravings illustrations diagrams along with charts graphs & equations. Brown pebbled cloth publisher’s binding gilt lettering on spine dark brown clay-sized endpapers minor scuffing soiling occasional drip markings within the text hinges & endpapers neatly repaired still a VG copy from the library of Oscar J. Smith Ann Arbor MI 1888 w/ ownership markings in ink on 2nd flyleaf. First edition 3rd printing of this definitive reference work on the science and practice of pharmacy first printed in 1885 and still considered the most widely used textbook and reference on pharmaceutical practices and as of 2025 in its 23rd edition. The exhaustive treatise details methods of preparing medicinal substances such as tinctures extracts and syrups providing instructions and guidelines. Also provided is a comprehensive materia medical with descriptions of numerous substances in medicinal preparations along with their therapeutic properties and recommended dosages. Remington 1847-1918 was a Philadelphia-based pharmacist professor of pharmacy and medicinal manufacturer whose present work transformed the profession and not only is his textbook still the primary source but also the Remington Honor Medal established upon his death is awarded each year in recognition of distinguished service in American pharmacy. Although early printings are very scarce in the trade 12 copies are located in Worldcat and even though the 1886 is frequently listed as the first printing the Wellcome holds an 1885 edition. J.B. Lippincott Company, hardcover