Modern dental materia medica, pharmacology and therapeutics : including the practical application of drugs and remedies in the treatment of disease / by J.P. Buckley.

  • Buckley, J. P. (John Peter), 1873-1942.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Modern dental materia medica, pharmacology and therapeutics : including the practical application of drugs and remedies in the treatment of disease / by J.P. Buckley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The general plan of this book is the outgrowth of many years of experience as a dental practitioner and teacher of Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics in dental colleges. During these years, the author has realized the need of a text-book which would meet the wants of teacher, student and practitioner. The book is intended to include all that a dentist should know about drugs and remedies and their practical application in the treat- ment of disease. The work is divided into two parts. The first is devoted to Materia Medica and Pharmacology, with enough Therapeutics to indicate clearly the uses of the various drugs and remedies; and an effort has been made to include herein every drug or remedy which is employed in Dental Therapeutics, except, those which are obsolete, untried or savor of the secret formula variety. To accomplish this end, it was, of course, necessary to consult freely the United States Pharmacopeia, and other standard works on these subjects. Drugs marked with an asterisk (*) means that the drug is a member of the group under consideration, but because of other proper- ties which the agent possesses, it has been elsewhere considered. In most instances, the drug is discussed under the group in which it is first mentioned, and if it is referred to subsequently in another group,- it is there marked with an asterisk. For example, phenol is mentioned first as a disinfectant under which group of drugs it is discussed. Later it is mentioned in the group of escharotics, and is there marked with an asterisk. In this part of the book, also, is included Prescription Writing and its associated subjects—Metrology, Medical Latin and Incompatibility, all of which have been given the dignity and importance they deserve in a dental course. It will be observed that no prescriptions have been written until after Prescription Writing has been discussed; after which, however, no formula has been mentioned without a cor- rectly written prescription for the same. This plan was followed for the benefit of teachers and students in dental colleges. Prescriptions, as a rule, are confusing, though enticing to beginners, and questions naturally suggest themselves in regard to the various signs and terms used. For the teacher to attempt to explain these before the subject proper had been studied would be a loss of time, as no one can