A Treatise on Pharmaceutical Chemistry: embracing certain Special Topics of Analytical, Organic and Physical Chemistry as they are related to Pharmacy

Abstract

IN this volume the author has selected certain subjects for special consideration. The work is divided into three parts: in the first, the quantitative estimation of certain inorganic elements, of pharmaceutical importance, either as remedies or impurities, is discussed; the actual methods are not always given in detail, but reference is made to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia. The method and its theoretical implications are then submitted to discussion. The section is intended to serve as an illustration of the importance of quantitative methods for pharmacists. The second part is devoted to a consideration of the structure and methods of preparation of a number of complex organic compounds used in medicine, such as the hypnotics, local ansthetics, antipyretics and bactericides, including the organic arsenicals. This section is useful for quick reference to the formulæ of a number of substances which are in everyday use. In the third part, there is a theoretical consideration, accompanied by illustrative experiments, of certain aspects of physical chemistry.

A Treatise on Pharmaceutical Chemistry: embracing certain Special Topics of Analytical, Organic and Physical Chemistry as they are related to Pharmacy.

By Dr. John C. Krantz Jr. Pp. 282. (London: Henry Kimpton, 1928.) 15s. net.