Booklet consisting of 32 leaves bound with three staples; a sheet of coarsely woven cloth makes the front cover, spine, and back cover; the front and back covers are lined individually with separate sheets of paper that are folded into halves; one half of each lining paper is pasted on the cover cl…
Booklet consisting of 32 leaves bound with three staples; a sheet of coarsely woven cloth makes the front cover, spine, and back cover; the front and back covers are lined individually with separate sheets of paper that are folded into halves; one half of each lining paper is pasted on the cover cloth, and the other half makes an extra leaf that is glued on the text block along the spine: thus the cloth cover is hinged on the text block; the book contains prefaces of the fourth, third, and second editions, 163 formulae for drug dispensing, and an index; the formulae include liquid drugs, paste drugs, powdered drugs, flavours for drugs, and flavoured drugs (e.g., "aromatic castor oil" or "sweet castor oil").
The title page reads, "THE // Canadian Formulary // OF // UNOFFICIAL PREPARATIONS // (4th Edition) // — // BY AUTHORITY OF // THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY // — // PRICE 50 CENTS // — // Published by // THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY // TORONTO, ONT. // 1915"; on the first leaf after the front cover, handwriting in blue-black ink reads, "W. C. Willson // O.C.P. 1915-16" at the upper centre; at the lower right corner on the same leaf, a white paper sticker reads, "MR JOHN T C WILLSON // 700 WILSON ROAD NORTH APT 1203 // OSHAWA ON L1G 7T5" in black print, and "Pharm.B." handwritten in black.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #1
Length
22.8 cm
Width
15.4 cm
Height
1.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
The cover is stiff; the lining papers are splitting at their folding lines, and the text block and the cover are falling apart; the book is too stiff to open and read; black residue is smudged all over the front and back covers; there are beige stains inside of the back cover; many pages have notes written by hand with black ink.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
At its most basic level, a formulary is a list of medicines. Traditionally, a formulary contained a collection of formulas for the compounding and testing of medication (a resource closer to what would be referred to as a pharmacopoeia today). Today, the main function of a prescription formulary is to specify particular medications that are approved to be prescribed at a particular hospital, in a particular health system, or under a particular health insurance policy. The development of prescription formularies is based on evaluations of efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness of drugs.
Depending on the individual formulary, it may also contain additional clinical information, such as side effects, contraindications, and doses.