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Scope and Contents From the Collection: The George Bacon Wood writings are a small collection of Wood’s lectures, addresses, and other essays, mostly undated, with the exception of one lecture, given at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, dated 1848. Most of the lectures deal with material medica and pharmacology, including laxatives, syrup of ipecac, and astringents; some discuss the United States Pharmacopoeia and pharmacology in general; others discuss the parts of the body and how medicines work on or affect those parts. Also...