Excerpt from The Elaboratory Laid Open, or the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy Revealed: Containing Many Particulars Extremely Necessary to Be Known to All Practitioners in Medicine Whatever fuccefs I may have, in attempting to give new lights into the modern practice of this part of pharmacy; I {hall not, I am afraid, be thanked by thofe, who are molt largely con tcerned 1n the preparation, or fale of medicines, for the whole of this work: as nothing can be more difagreeable to any fuch body of men, cthan to have the myfieries of their art, or trade. 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.