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THIS new edition of Martindale and Westcott's “Extra Pharmacopœia” contains an enormous amount of matter in a small compass, and although 1164 pages in length, 124 pages more than the last edition, by the use of thin paper it remains a volume that can easily be carried in the pocket. In addition to the preparation of our own and of many foreign pharmacopœias, a large number of other drugs and proprietary substances are included, together with tables of atomic weights, weights and measures, tests and solubilities. Of the supplementary matter, arsenical contamination receives special attention, the section on radiography has been brought up to date, “nutrimenta” are considered in a special chapter, in which the work of Fischer on the structure of the protein molecule and the new nomenclature of protein substances receive notice; and serum and vaccine therapy is fully discussed. The elements of bacteriology, opsonins, and the determination of the opsonic index, references to cerebro-spinal meningitis, trypanosomiasis, the Treponema pallidum of syphilis, the transmission of Mediterranean fever by goats' milk, the use of tuberculins, Calmette's ophthalmic reaction in tuberculosis, and organotherapy all are considered.
The Extra Pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott.
Revised by Dr. W. Harrison Martindale and W. Wynn Westcott. Thirteenth edition. Pp. xl+1164. (London: H. K. Lewis, 1908.) Price 10s. 6d. net.
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H., R. The Extra Pharmacopoeia of Martindale and Westcott. Nature 79, 187 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079187b0
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