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Definition of Galenicals
1. galenical [n] - See also: galenical
Medical Definition of Galenicals
1. 1. Herbs and other vegetable drugs, as distinguished from the mineral or chemical remedies. 2. Crude drugs and the tinctures, decoctions, and other preparations made from them, as distinguished from the alkaloids and other active principles. 3. Remedies prepared according to an official formula. Origin: Claudius Galen (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galenicals
Literary usage of Galenicals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1906)
"But on this occasion for the Commercial Section he is willing to tell you what
he knows about the Preservation of Galenicals. The General Secretary : When ..."
2. A Text-book of Chemistry by Samuel Philip Sadtler, Henry Trimble (1898)
"QUANTITATIVE EXAMINATION OF Galenicals, WINES, SPIRITS, ETC. DETERMINATION OF
THE ALCOHOLIC STRENGTH OF LIQUIDS. IF the liquid be rectified or proof spirit, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1910)
"Alcoholic Galenicals—Reduction of Alcohol and Substitution of other Solvents.—DB
Dott observes that while the BP of 1885 directs proof spirit as the weakest ..."
4. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1919)
"These shall consist of the manufacture of two galenicals; the dispensing of three
prescriptions, and two tests for identity or impurity. ..."
5. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"Another objection to the use of galenicals which is advanced occasionally is ...
Of course galenicals cannot replace active principles for hypodermic use, ..."
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