= Materia medica
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Original volume: <Examination papers for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine by the University of Oxford (1864–1867)>. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Examination_papers_for_the_Degree_of_Bachelor_of_medicine_-_1864-67_(IA_b24757810).pdf#page=89[Open the original paper in the scanned volume, PDF page 89].
Original questions are transcribed from the public-domain edition. Credit: Wellcome Collection; original supplied by Royal College of Physicians, London. https://wellcomecollection.org/works/d7b9zgnx[Source and public-domain rights statement].
The historical standard used below is the <British Pharmacopoeia by the General Medical Council (1867)>. A contemporary July publication notice records official publication notices dated 14 June 1867, before this December examination. Later reprints containing the additions of 1874 must be distinguished from this original issue.<British Pharmacopoeia publication notice (1867)>[July 1867, p. 99; notice of publication in the three Gazettes on 14 June]{ref} These are explanations of historical <materia medica>, with present <physiology> identified separately where it changes the interpretation.
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