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François Magendie and the New Science of Drugs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 July 2009

Arnold Burgen
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Abstract

The first pure drugs from plant sources were obtained early in the 19th century. Magendie saw them as the basis for the development of a scientific pharmacopoeia based exclusively on pure compounds and, by 1821, had produced the first textbook of pharmacology based on strict scientific principles.

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Research Article
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European Review , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1996 , pp. 165 - 172
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 1996

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