Antedating of "Pharmacology"

[Fred Shapiro]

pharmacology (OED 1721)

1704 Curteis, Thomas. Essays on the preservation & recovery of health 164
(Eighteenth Century Collections Online)  'Twould carry me too far into the
boundless Filed of _Pharmacology_.

Fred Shapiro


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