Syllabus of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy : delivered in the University of Pennsylvania / by George B. Wood.

  • Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879.
Date:
1842
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Credit: Syllabus of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy : delivered in the University of Pennsylvania / by George B. Wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PREFACE. The following Syllabus was prepared with the exclusive view of faci- litating the studies of those who attend the Lectures on Materia Medica and Pharmacy, delivered in the University of Pennsylvania. It can be understood and appreciated only in connexion with these lectures; and the author, therefore, deprecates any judgment upon its merits as an inde- pendent essay. One of his objects in publishing it is to supply the defi- ciencies of the work which he has adopted as the Text Book of his lec- tures. In the Dispensatory of the United States, many points are omitted which are deemed essential in a course of instruction upon Materia Medica, and the arrangement of its parts is not such as is best adapt- ed for the convenient study of the science. But by taking the Syllabus as a guide, following the course which it indicates, committing to me- mory the facts which it presents, and, on the points which are merely hinted at, referring for information to the Dispensatory, in the order pointed out in the pamphlet, the student will be enabled, in connexion with the lectures, to obtain all the elementary knowledge on Materia Medica and Pharmacy which can be deemed essential. The author, however, does not wish to be understood as recommending his pupils to confine their reading within these narrow limits. On the contrary, he strongly urges on them the propriety, after having prosecuted the course of elementary study above referred to, of perusing all the re- spectable treatises on these branches of medica] science which may be within their reach, not neglecting those of the French and German writers. They will thus be enabled to form a more enlightened judg- ment in relation to the accuracy of the facts and the correctness of the opinions which they may have been taught, and will at the same time acquire a stock of additional knowledge, which cannot fail to prove useful in the practical pursuit of their profession.