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A WORK like the present, which is intended to promote the extension of our knowledge of Indian drugs, is much to be welcomed. Indian Materia Medica presents a wide field of research for the botanist, chemist, and pharmacologist. Dr. Lall Dey's book is a useful epitome of the characters and uses of Indian indigenous drugs, and contains a great deal of valuable information. It will form an excellent introduction to larger works on the subject, such as Dymock's “Pharmacographia Indica,” and Watt's well-known Dictionary.
The Indigenous Drugs of India; Short Descriptive Notices of the Principal Medicinal Products met with in British India.
By Kanny Lall Dey Rai Bahadur Second edition. Pp. 387. (Calcutta: Thacker, Spink, and Co.)
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The Indigenous Drugs of India; Short Descriptive Notices of the Principal Medicinal Products met with in British India. Nature 56, 196 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056196d0
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