Excerpt from Medical Formulary: Based on the United States and British Pharmacopoeias, Together With Numerous French, German, and Unofficial Preparations Wherever, then, in this work the word ounce is applied to a solid sub stance, it is to be understood as meaning a troy ounce, excepting in Brit ish preparations, and in formulae derived from British sources, as those of the London Hospitals, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.