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

  • Whitla, William, 1851-1933.
Date:
1892
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    filENSHAW'S MANUALS.] , , o\'} Crown 8vo, gso pages. ^ A DICTIONARY OF TREATMENT. This work is intended to give a complete account of the Treat- mertt of every Disease in a more exhaustive manner than can rv possibly be a'ccomplished in the limited space devoted to this 1, subject in the various medical and surgical text-books. The treat- ,ment of each affection is fully detailed under its heading, arranged alphabphcally, so that the practitioner may find it a handy work of referetict; for his consulting room, and the studeiit may; with •advantage; employ it at the bedside. By a copious cross index, the k\ treatment of the various emergencies, as Poisoning, Hzemorrhage, Convulsioas, &c., can be turned up at a moment's notice. By W. WHITI.A, M.D., &c., Professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, Queen's College. Belfast; Physician to and Lecturer on Clinical Mfediclne, Belfast Royal Hospital ; Consulting Physician to the Belfast Ophthalmic Hospital and Consulting . ^ P.iysician to the Ulster Hospital for Women and Children ; Examiner n 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. Sixth Edition. Svo, 648pp. ^ with Woodcuts and Lithographs. io\6, PHAISMAGY, 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 science of Prescription-writing, with Latin Vocabulary and Recipes, The third and fourth parts deal with the Materia Medica of the. B. P. and the Therapeutics and Pharmacology of every official drug, with numerous formulae and Prescriptions. The remainder of the book is taken up with full information about all the New Drugs and Remedies introduced during recent years. The work, therefore, includes the B. P., and is a complete commentary upon it, as well as a volume of reference for the Chemist, Physician, and Student preparing for the various examinations, and is accepted as the Text-book in a large number of Medical Schools throughout the kingdom.