Elements of pharmacy, materia medica, and therapeutics / by William Whitla.

  • William Whitla
Date:
1889
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    [RENSHAW'S MANUALS.] Just issued^ Ja7tuary, i8g2, Crown 8vo^ gjo pages, idj-. A DICTIONARY OF TREATMENT. This work is intended to give a complete account of the Treat- ment of every Disease in a more exhaustive manner than can possibly be accomplished in the limited space devoted to this subject in the various medical and surgical text-books. The treat- ment of each affection is fully detailed under its heading, arranged alphabetically, so that the practitioner may find it a handy work of reference for his consulting room, and the student may with advantage employ it at the bedside. By a copious cross index, the treatment of the various emergencies, as Poisoning,- Hemorrhage, Convulsions, &c., can be turned up at a moment's notice. By W. WHITIvA, M.D., &c., Professor of Materia Medica at»d Therapeutics, Queen's College, Belfast; Physician to and Lecturer on Clinical Medicine, Belfast Royal Hospit^il ; Consulting Physician to the Belfast Ophthalmic Hospital and Consulting Physician to the Ulster Hospital for Women and Children ; Examiner in Materia Medica for the Royal University and the Pharmaceutical Society (I.), and late Examiner in Materia Medica for Glasgow University ; etc., etc., etc. By the same Author. 8vo, 648 pp., with Woodcuts and Lithographs. 1016. PHARMACY, MATERIA MEDICA, AND THERAPEUTICS, The aim of this work is to give to the student and practitioner in a concise form all that he can possibly require in every-day work in either the art of compounding medicines or in the sciences'of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. The first part of the work con- tains a full account of such processes as *Pill-making, Blister and Plaster Spreading, the Compounding of Mixtures, Lotions Oint- ments, Powders, Pessaries, &c., &c. The second part treats of the ^lence of Prescripfion-writing, with Latin Vocabulary and Recipes The third and fourth parts deal with the Materia Medica oT the B. P. and the Therapeutics and Pharmacology of every official drug with numerous formulae and Prescriptions. The remainder of the bcok IS taken up with full information about all the new drugs and_ remedies introduced during recent years. The work herefore mcludes the B. P., and is a complete^ommentaVy^ipon It as well as a yokuTie of reference for the Chemist, Physician, Lnd the TP .TT-^ ^^••i^ ,^>^-minations, and is atcepted as the kingdom ^^^^^^ ^'^^^^ thro^ughou