Pharmacopoeia Officinalis & Extemporanea: Or, A Complete English Dispensatory, In Two Parts. Theoretic and Practical...

London: Printed for T.Longman, 1761. Thirteenth Edition, Enlarged and Corrected. The author was an apothecary in London. The present material medica was first published in 1718 and enjoyed great popularity, reaching a fifteenth edition by 1782. The second part treats the preparation of simples, saline preparations metallic preparations, officinal compositions containing all the prescriptions of the Edinburgh and London Pharmacopoeias together with those of other authors and current practice, and extemporaneous prescriptions which are disposed into proper classes according to their curative intentions. Magdalen Nairne (Mrs. Peter McNicol) was the eldest daughter and last surviving child of army and militia officer and seigneur John Nairne [1731-1802]. John Nairne took part in the capture of Louisbourg in 1758 and Quebec in 1759, and in 1762 was granted by James Murray the seigneury of Murray Bay, which included the village of La Malbaie, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. He later served in the defence of Quebec in 1775 during the American Revolutionary War. (see DCB Vol. V, pp. 620-623, and George M.Wrong, A Canadian Manor and its Seigneurs). Blake p. 369. Wellcome IV 457. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xxiii, [1], 704, [63]. contemporary sprinkled calf (extremities worn, joints partly cracked, lacking front flyleaf, marginal browning to outer leaves). ownership entry of Magdalen Nairne. elala5623