dispensatory
Americannoun
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dispensatories
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a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
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a dispensary.
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of dispensatory
1560–70; < Medieval Latin dispēnsātōrium, Late Latin dispēnsātōrius of management, equivalent to Latin dispēnsā ( re ) ( see dispense) + -tōrium -tory 2
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In a medical dispensatory of the times the different varieties of medicines used in New England are enumerated.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
According to the label, the British Oil was made in conformity with the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy formula given in an outdated edition of the United States dispensatory.
From Old English Patent Medicines in America by George B. Griffenhagen
She tinctured all his thoughts; she was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensatory contained nothing equal to her.
From The Four Million by O. Henry
Part, or Doron Medicum,/ by Salmon Doron medicum: or, A supplement to the new London dispensatory.
From The Library of William Congreve by John Cunyus Hodges
The sooner the correct nomenclature is used in perfumery, as well as in the allied arts, the better, and the fewer blunders will be made in the dispensatory.
From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by George William Septimus Piesse
They applied that science in the practice of medicine, being the first to publish pharmacopoeias or dispensatories, and to include in them mineral preparations.
From History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science by John William Draper
They were the first to publish pharmacopoeias and dispensatories.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Robert Green Ingersoll
Many other dispensatories, guides, collections, and records of medical customs and concoctions, remain to us even of the earliest days.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle
The infusion of Wormwood makes a useful fomentation for inflammatory pains, and, combined with chamomile flowers and bay leaves, it formed the anodyne fomentation of the earlier dispensatories.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
As items of materia medica, leeches were described in dispensatories, or compilations of medicaments, and sold by apothecaries, both to physicians and directly to patients.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Toby Appel
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