Pharmacopoeia Londinensis of 1618

British Pharmacopoeia, 1953

Extra Pharmacopoeia Martindale

A hospital pharmacopoeia of the nineteenth century.

MATTHEWS wrote: 'The compilation of a pharmacopoeia by the physicians and the apothecaries of a hospital proved a great convenience to the many resident and consulting physicians treating patients there. Prescriptions in regular use for the treatment of a particular set of symptoms constituted the bulk of the formulae. Time could be saved by merely writing the name of the mixture or pills, etc....

The Pharmacopoeia of the United States

For well over a century, the United States Pharmacopoeia has functioned as a Who's Who for the countless remedies and other agents of use to the medical and allied professions. It is a valuable storehouse of information concerning hundreds of items after which the magic symbols of "U.S.P." have been affixed. In addition, the reader will find an extensive appendix on a wide variety of subjects-r...

Tool from ancient pharmacopoeia prevents vision loss.

PURPOSE Bear bile has been used in Asia for over 3,000 years to treat visual disorders, yet its therapeutic potential remains unexplored in Western vision research. The purpose of this study was to test whether treatment of mice undergoing retinal degeneration with tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a primary constituent of bear bile, alters the course of degeneration. METHODS Two retinal deg...