Excerpt from Physicians' Manual of the Pharmacopeia and the National Formulary: An Epitome of All the Articles Contained in the U. S. P. (Eighth Revision) And the National Formulary (Third Edition) A therapeutic index has been devised for the purpose Of giving a comparative View of the resources of the Official remedies. This is not intended as a complete guide to treatment nor as an exhaustive list of remedies for various diseases, but to present such a selection and classification of remedies as will be helpful and suggestive as an aid to extemporaneous and emergency prescriptions. 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.