Excerpt from Manual of General Medicinal Technology: Including Prescription-WritingThe subject of general medicinal technology naturally divides itself into two parts, namely first, the technology of medicines, and, secondly, the technology of medicating. TO the former of these divisions belong the topics, severally, con cerning medicines, of the authority for the same, the technicalities of their naming and of their forms, the methods of determining quantities of them, and the art of their prescription While in the latter are included the two subjects of the different methods of applying medicines, and of the regulation of doses. These various topics will be treated of in the order named.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.