Bonnemain H
Rev Hist Pharm (Paris). 2001;49(332):471-6.
Secret medicines had two characteristics: their formula remained unknown and they were prepared by many kinds of people. Before 1728 there were no general laws about these secret medicines but only peculiar rules. From 1728 to 1778, the King edicted rigorous rules in order to limit the number of secret medicines. Between 1778 and 1789, the law became more definite and the Royal Society of Medicine gave advices. The Law of Germinal An-XI forbid secret medicines but since 1805, some compromises took place. Slowly, secret medicines were replaced by pharmaceutics and new set of laws.
其配方保密，且由各类人员配制。1728年之前，对于这些秘方药没有通用法律，只有一些特殊规定。1728年至1778年，国王颁布了严格规定以限制秘方药数量。1778年至1789年，法律变得更加明确，医学皇家学会也给出了建议。芽月十一日法令禁止秘方药，但自1805年起出现了一些妥协。慢慢地，秘方药被药剂学和一套新法律所取代。
