Author: John V. Shoemaker

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11

Total Pages: 1184

ISBN-13: 9780260086037

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Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics: With Especial Reference to the Clinical Application of Drugs IN order to render the fifth edition representative of the present state of our knowledge the literature of recent years has been carefullv reviewed. The progress of discovery, application. And experiment in the field of Therapeutics has continued with uninterrupted activity. And we have been placed in possession of many new drugs and preparations. Important chemical modifications of some of the older prep arations have also been introduced. In certain instances such alterations have produced notable improvements, retaining the virtues while removing or lessening the defects of the original drugs. New applications have likewise been found for some of the older articles of the Materia Medica. Re searches concerning the physiological action oi remedies have been studied and their results incorporated into the text wherever positive additions had been made. A number of new medicinal plants have been brought to our notice, and those endowed with decided efiicacy have been succinctly de scribed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics written by John V. Shoemaker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics: With Especial Reference to the Clinical Application of Drugs IN order to render the fifth edition representative of the present state of our knowledge the literature of recent years has been carefullv reviewed. The progress of discovery, application. And experiment in the field of Therapeutics has continued with uninterrupted activity. And we have been placed in possession of many new drugs and preparations. Important chemical modifications of some of the older prep arations have also been introduced. In certain instances such alterations have produced notable improvements, retaining the virtues while removing or lessening the defects of the original drugs. New applications have likewise been found for some of the older articles of the Materia Medica. Re searches concerning the physiological action oi remedies have been studied and their results incorporated into the text wherever positive additions had been made. A number of new medicinal plants have been brought to our notice, and those endowed with decided efiicacy have been succinctly de scribed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.