dispensatory
noun
a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
dispensatories
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pluralof dispensatory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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
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
