Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America

Name/Title

Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America

Entry/Object ID

2012.2.3250a

Secondary Title

Ninth Decennial Revision

Description

Pharmacopoeia of the Unites States of America. An official publication, issued first by the American Pharmaceutical Association and now yearly by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention, that gives the composition, description, method of preparation, and dosage for drugs. The first part of the book talks about each revision, up to and including the ninth. The formation of a National Pharmacopoeia went as follows: The United States was divided into four districts. Each district held a Convention and formed a Pharmacopoeia. The four Pharmacopoeia's were taken to the General Convention and the National Pharmacopoeia was compiled. Inside front has hand written formulas Several articles were found in the book. These scraps of paper were formulas for different products, a conversion chart for cubic centimeters, picture of babies. 726/Hardbound

Collection

Psychiatric Hospital Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Pharmacopoeia, USA

Book Details

Author

United States Pharmacopoeia Convention, Committee of Revision

Place Published

City

Philadelphia

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Date Published

1916

Call No.

Pharm

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

May 2, 2017