Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica

Merck & Co.

In 1899 a druggist could look up chloral, quinine, or cod liver oil in one squat manual and know the dose, the action, and the accepted use. Merck's manual lists the era's whole materia medica, with therapeutic indications and a classification of drugs by physiologic action. The pharmacy counter of the Gilded Age, preserved between covers. Endlessly browsable, occasionally hair-raising.