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The final volume is a practical compendium of materia medica and pharmacy drawn from ancient authorities, organizing substances by taste, temperament and graded potency and explaining the properties and preparations of simple and compound remedies. It addresses purgatives, emetics, antidotes, troches, liniments, plasters, ointments, pessaries, perfumes and other topical and internal forms, with guidance on dosing, administration, substitutions, and the management of excessive evacuations. Extensive commentary and appendices connect ancient names and uses to later botanical, mineral, and pharmaceutical identifications, and the work concludes with weights, measures and a general index for reference.
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