A Treatise On Materia Medica, Including Therapeutics and Toxicology, Vols. I & III by Nothnagel, H., and Rossbach, M.J - 1883

Bermingham & Co., New York, 1883; First Edition; small 8vo; green cloth; gilt titles. An expansive pharmacopoeia of physiological action, chemical relation, therapeutics, toxicology, and preparation for innumerable drugs and chemically active substances. Volume I (320 pgs.) covers alkalis and alkaline earths, ammonia compounds, metals, and metalloids. Volume III (266 pgs.) delves into bitter principles of feeble physiological action; cyanogen compounds; alkaloids of coffee, tea, guarana, cocoa, coca, opium, belladonna, stramonium, hyoscyamus, calabar bean, jaborandi, toadstools, and tobacco; tetanic alkaloids of strychnos, ignatius, and opium; glyosides with strong physiological action; protein matters; glutinous substances; glycerin and fats; and carbohydrates. Vols. I and III only of the three-volume set. Translated from the 1877 German text by Dr. H.N. Heineman and Dr. H. W. Berg, both of New York. First English Language Edition. Very Good Plus. Clean, crisp, and exceptionally bright.