PREFACE.

In presenting the Second Part of this Work to thePublic, I beg to return my best thanks to those kindfriends who have, on several occasions, rendered metheir aid in its execution. In drawing up the Historicaland Bibliographical Table, it is but justice that I shouldacknowledge the assistance which I have received:—Inthe Hindoo Department, from my friend, ProfessorRoyle; in Scandinavian Pharmacological Literature,from Dr. Holst, Professor in the University of Christiana,and in the American Department, from Dr. Wood, Pro-fessor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy in the Univer-sity of Pennsylvania, —to all of whom my best thanksare justly due.