This comprehensive, illustrated handbook is intended for collectors of
apothecary bottles and other pharmaceutical and medical paraphernalia,
covering artifacts likely to appear in North America and the United
Kingdom from early Colonial times through approximately 1920. The book
contains by far the largest compendium of terms used on apothecary
bottles and other wares, comprising over 10,000 entries. Introductory
materials provide instructions for use of the compendium, a concise
history of apothecary containers and labels, and definitions and
discussions of archaic terms for apothecary processes, weights and
measures, therapeutic actions, and disease states. Appendices cover
apothecary Latin, alchemy and alchemical symbols, astrological symbols,
bottle manufacturers, and botanical terms. Illustrations are provided
for various types of bottles and containers, apothecary devices, and for
nearly 300 botanical species.