Chronicles of pharmacy. Volumes I & II.
by Wootton, A. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Garrison and Morton 2045.
Alfred Charles Wootton (1866 -1909) Editor of the "Chemist and Druggist". "The art of the apothecary" from antiquity, "In the course of ages they became associated with magic, with theology, with alchemy, with crimes and conscious frauds, with the strangest fancies, and dogmas, and delusions, and with the severest science."
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- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Biblio487
- Title
- Chronicles of pharmacy. Volumes I & II.
- Author
- Wootton, A. C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Apothecary, Hippocrates, Galen, Magic, Herbal, Medicine, Pharmacopoeias, Alchemy, Nostrums, Poisons
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Science; Medical;
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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