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Mr. Humphrey has contrived to include within the moderate compass of 113 pages of text a good account of the drugs of natural origin found in commerce. The information given includes descriptions of the drugs, notes on their constituents and sources of supply, and in most cases some particulars as to their modes of preparation for the market. Great pains have evidently been taken to secure accuracy, but it should have been pointed out that the “henbane” imported from Egypt is not derived from Hyoscyamus niger.
Drugs in Commerce: Their Source, Preparation for the Market, and Description.
By J. Humphrey. (Pitman's Common Commodities and Industries.) Pp. xi + 116. (London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, Ltd., n.d.) 3s. net.
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Drugs in Commerce: Their Source, Preparation for the Market, and Description . Nature 110, 7 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110007c0
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