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Salmon, William M.D. Pharmacopoeia Bateana: or Bate’s Dispensatory. London: Printed for W. Innys, 1713. Fourth edition. Full tooled leather, raised spine bands. (xviii), 744, (xviii). 8vo. Contemporary notes opposite the title page and endsheets binding worn, else clean and sound. Salmon was a considered a quack by many, and this thick treatise, filled with chemical “formulas” for various medicines, was most likely gathered together from other sources, as was his practice. Salmon also dabbled in astrology and alchemy.