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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    The Medical and Pharmaceutical liteiatiu-e which has bcfu coiisultoil for this edition includes in addition to tlie ' British Medical Journal/ ' The Lancet/ the ' Medical Press and Circular/ the ' Pharniaccutical Journal/the 'Chemist and Druggist/and the ' British and Colonial Druggist/ also the Pharniaco])fjeias of the Westminster Hospital, 1902 ; of the King's College Hos- l)ital, 1901 ; of the Victoria Hospital for Children, 1904; of the Great Orniond Street Hospital for Children, 1900 ; of the Central London Throat and Ear Hospital, 1901 ; of the London Hospital, 1901 ; of St. Thomas'Hosi)ital, 1902: of the Throat Hospital, 1901; and of University College Hospital, 1904 ; the ' Year Book of Pharmacy/ 1902', 1903 ; Merck's ' Annual Report,' 1902 and 1903 ; the ' Medical Annual ' for 1902, 1903, and 1904; ' Pharmacopcdia,' by Edmund White and John Hnm- ])hrey, 1901; and the 'Digest of Researches and f'riticisms bearing on the revision of the British Phannacopa'ia/ 1903, l)y W. Chattavvay. The subject of Radium,.and the notes on Rontgen Rays, High Frequency Current, Finsen Lamp, and Radiant Heat, in their important applications to Therapeutics are introduced for the first time in the section entitled ' Radiology/ Similarly, fresh monogra])hs appear on Amygdala, A urinaria. Bougies, Colchicum,' Collapsubes/ Colocynth, Fd Bovinnm, Kino, Krameria, Lecithin, Magnesium, Nebulre, Oleum Olivic, Ptomaines, Ranunculus ficaria, Sapones, Senna, ' Sterules,' ' Solnbes,' Tablets, L'rea, and Valerian. Tlie Section on Mineral Waters com])rises infor- mation obtained from the pamphlets issued by tlic various health resorts, regarding the i\atnre, chemical co)ri])osition, medicinal uses, and 'season' of about 150 minei-al waters occurring in various parts of the world, including several of recent exploitation. The Therapeutic Index has been revised and re-arranged, Internal Remedies are printed in Roman ty])e and those for Local or E.tternal use are in italics. The Section termed Analytical Memoranda lias been rendered more complete by the enlargement of the ])aragrai)hs devoted to Tests for the detection of various snbstaTices of pathological signiiicance in Urine,