Pharmacopoeia for use in military hospitals, 1940 / [War Office].

Date:: 1940

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Credit: Pharmacopoeia for use in military hospitals, 1940 / [War Office]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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PHARMACOPGIA FOR USE IN MILITARY HOSPITALS 1940 PREFACE This edition follows the general scheme of the original 1938 publication, but for the guidance of those not _ familiar with that volume the following principles on the restriction of contents are repeated :— (1) That the size of the publication should be such that the main ingredients of all preparations should be readily remembered by the medical officers ordering them. (2) That the formulas should represent combinations of drugs in frequent demand. (3) That wastage by reason of deterioration or lack of use should be reduced to a minimum. Should difficulties arise during the war in obtaining certain ingredients, substitution or deletion is left to the discretion of the prescriber. A few additions have been made, e.g. a list of the numbered tablets in common use in the Army. For ease in reference an index has also been included. Brief notes on the treatment of poisoning, with anti- dotes for the more common poisons, appear at the end of the pharmacopeeia.