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MR. MOOKERJI is a medical practitioner who is publishing a series of volumes on the pharmacopoeia of drugs prepared from minerals, based on ancient sources. His work is of interest to students of Indian chemistry and medicine, although it is sometimes without apparent logical arrangement and contains a great number of names of plants and materials transcribed without the elucidation necessary for European readers. The present volume deals with the metals, gems, alkalis, salts, poisons, oils, and fermented liquors. The Sanskrit text is given, followed after each section by an English translation.
Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: or Ocean of Indian Chemistry, Medicine and Alchemy.
Vol. 3. Compiled in Sanskrit by Bhudeb Mookerjee. Pp. xxxvi + 390. (Calcutta: The Author, 41A Grey Street; London: Luzac and Co., or Arthur Probsthain, 1930.) 6 rupees.
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Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: or Ocean of Indian Chemistry, Medicine and Alchemy . Nature 126, 467 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/126467d0
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