THE DRUGGIST'S

GENERAL RECEIPT BOOK.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

I.

Sixth Edition, corrected and enlarged, 18mo, cloth, Six Shillings,

THE

POCKET FORMULARY

AND

SYNOPSIS OF THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN PHARMACOPOEIAS.

II.

24mo, cloth, Six Shillings,

THE

BOOK OF PRESCRIPTIONS;

CONTAINING 2900 PRESCRIPTIONS.

COLLECTED FROM THE PRACTICE OF THE MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ENGLISH AND FOREIGN.

GENERAL RECEIPT BOOK:

COMPRISING A COPIOUS

VETERINARY FORMULARY;

NUMEROUS RECIPES IN

PATENT AND PROPRIETARY MEDICINES;

DRUGGISTS' NOSTRUMS, ETC.;

Perfumery and Cosmetics;

BEVERAGES, DIETETIC ARTICLES, AND CONDIMENTS;

Trade Chemicals, Scientific Processes,

AND AN APPENDIX OF USEFUL TABLES.

BY

HENRY BEASLEY.

Fourth Edition.

LONDON:

JOHN CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET.

MDCCCLVII.

157. C. 21.

lal);

LONDON:

SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS,

CHANDOS STREET.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE compiler of the present volume was encouraged to its preparation by the great success of his "Pocket Formulary," which preceded it, and by many suggestions from correspondents as to the probable utility of this little Book of Receipts. Such anticipations of its usefulness have already been more than realized by the rapid sale of three large editions. The compiler endeavoured to produce a work which should be useful to those for whom it was designed. It was his aim to collect from various and widely-scattered sources, and to condense into a volume of small size and convenient arrangement, a considerable amount of information that might be useful to the Chemists and Druggists of this kingdom. And it is trusted that every purchaser will be able to find, in the multifarious contents of this little work, something that may be deemed an equivalent for so small an outlay.

In preparing a Third Edition of the Druggist's General Receipt Book, the whole underwent a careful revision. While the addition to the work of upwards of two hundred new forms, receipts, and processes, collected from the most approved authorities, will, it is hoped, have established for it a further claim to the approbation of those for whose benefit it has been written.

In this Fourth Edition, a further improvement has been aimed at; much attention having been given, more especially, to the Chemical Formulæ and Processes described in the miscellaneous department of the work, which will now be found more complete than before.