A pharmacopoeia is very like a dispensatory; it is a list of medicines with brief discussions of preparation and uses. Unlike the dispensary, however, the pharmacopoeia is usually the product of an established body, such as the College of Physicinas, and thus serves as an official guide to ‘acceptable’ drugs.
Pharmacopæia Londinensis. Or, The new London dispensatory in VI books. Translated into English for the…