The extra pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott / Revised by W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott.

  • Martindale, William, 1840-1902.
Date:
1904
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Credit: The extra pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott / Revised by W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    Ill this edition less space thau heretofore has been devoted to the older references taken from Medical JouiTials ; but all possible New References to treat- ment, during the last three years, have been carefully entered. ' Cross references ' have for the most part been omitted, so that the enquirer should consult the index for the title requii-ed. In the new section on Surgical Dressings and Apparatus it should be noted that, as a rule, the articles there mentioned are not referred to in the body of the work, as heretofore, or in the general iittlcx, and thus much additional space has been gained. Wherever the Latin and English names and synonyms of Chemical and Galenical products closely resemble each other, the Latin nomenclature alone remains in the majority of instances. The Antidotes to Poisons are brought out iu the text more boldly, while the list of Poisons and their Antidotes in the Therapeutic Index has been enlarged. The Index has been increased by about 1,500 titles, and this without unnecessary duplication. The mass of Pharmaceutical Research work has been carefully abstracted, and the results obtained by British and foreign chemists have been recorded, e.g., in the cases of Aconite, Belladonna, Coca, Caii- tharis, Colchicnm, Digitalis, Hemlock, Hyoscyamus, Indian Hemp, Ipecacuanha, Jaborandi, Nux Vomica, Opium, Senna, Sinapis, Strophanthus, and other im- portant Materia Medica. These abstracts refer to im- ])rovements in manufacture, to strengths, standardisation, and methods of assay. There has been a desirable, movement jn the direction of the possible unification of all phamiacopcnias into one of International origin. As to this proposal, the recommendations of the Inter- national Conference for the Xhiification of the Pharma- copocial Formula! of Potent Drugs and Preparations, held at' Brussels in 1902, are marked in this Edition ' C.U.D.'; these are intended to be taken Avith some reserve, as, naturally, the points raised would be debate- able both by foreign phai-macentical confreres, and by workers in Phamiacy in this country.