Download or read book American Journal of Pharmacy, 1855, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) written by Philadelphia College Of Pharmac Science and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from American Journal of Pharmacy, 1855, Vol. 3 The timely publication Of the foregoing description, has proba bly prevented the further introduction of this drug as a substitute for the true sarsaparilla, since but a single importation has been made. The real source Of the article remained in question, until an accidental circumstance, which occurred during the past summer, threw some light upon It. A member Of the Pharmaceutical class, Mr. J. Clarkson Griffith, resolved upon analyzing, as the subject of his Thesis, the root Of a plant found growing in great abundance in Virginia; and said to be used bv many rural practitioners there as a substitute for sarsaparilla. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.