MERCK'S 1896 INDEX MEDICAL & PHARMACEUTICAL REFERENCE CHEMICALS DRUGS DOSAGES ANTIDOTES MARKET VALUES Hardcover - 1895

N Y: Merck & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1895. Second Edition. Hardcover. Merck's 1896 Index: An Encyclopedia for the Physician and the Pharmacist; Stating the Names and Synonyms; Source or Origin; Chemical Nature and Formulas; Physical Form, Appearance, and Properties; Melting and Boiling Points; Solubilities; Gravities and Percentage Strengths; Physiological Effects; Therapeutic Uses; Modes of Administration and Application; Regular and Maximum Dosage; Incompatibles; Antidotes; Special Cautions; Hints on Keeping and Handling; Methods of Testing; Market Values, Etc. Etc. Of the Chemicals and Drungs Used in Medicine, in Chemistry, and in the Arts. Pagination: viii/268 pages Width: 8" Height: 11.25". Condition / Notes: bound in blind-stamped black cloth with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book shows external wear, with staining and soiling to covers and small tear with loss of material at mid-section of front spine edge. Rear hinge neatly repaired. Rear endpaper displays significant water markings, with mildew visible along fore edge of pastedown and at lower outside corner of flyleaf. Front flyleaf is also stained. Two-page advertisement on pink paper for "Merck's Report" and notice slip from company are present at front of volume. Pages are clean and bright. Work contains a number of illustrated advertisements. [Antique Medical & Pharmaceutical Reference Chemicals Drugs Dosages Antidotes Market Values Illustrated Advertisements] .