PERPETUAL CLINICAL INDEX 



TO 



MATBR1A MEDICA, CHEMISTRY, AND PHARMACY CHARTS. 



By A. H. KELLER, Ph.G., M.D. 



Consisting of (1) the "Perpetual Clinical Index," an oblong volume, 9xG inches, 

 neatly bound in extra Cloth ; (2) a Chart of "Materia Meclica," 32x44 inches, 

 mounted on muslin, with rollers ; (3) a Chart of " Chemistry and Phar- 

 macy," 32 x44 inches, mounted on muslin, with rollers. 



Net Price for the Complete Work, 



United States. 



$5.00 



Canada (duty paid). 



$5.50 



Great Britain. 



France. 



30 fr. 30 



Read the Following Description and Explanation of the Work : 



In presenting the objects and advantages of these Charts and " Perpetual Clinical Index " it becomes 

 necessary to state that the Author's many years' experience as a physician and Pharmacist enables him 

 to produce, in terse language, a. volume of facts that must be of inestimable value to the busy physician and 

 pharmacist, or to any student of either profession. He has endeavored to describe all that have borne inves- 

 tigation up to date. 



The system will prove to be of great value in this, that so little labor will be required to add new 

 investigation as fast as may be gathered from new books, journals, etc. The classification is alphabetical 

 and numerical in arrangement, and serves so to unite the various essentials of Botany, Chemistry, and 

 Materia Medica, that the very thought of the one will readily associate the principal properties and uses, as 

 well as its origin 



The "3IATERIA MEDICA" CHART, in the first place, aids at a glance: ist, Botanical or 

 U. S. P. Name; zd, The Common Name; ^d, Natural Order ; 4th, Where Indigenous ; 5th, Principal Con- 

 stituent; 6th, Part Used herbs, leaves, flowers, roots, barks, etc. ; yth, Medicinal Properties mainly con- 

 sidered; 8th, The Pose medium and large. 



On this Chart there are 475 first names ; Section A. is numbered from i to 59, each section commencing 

 with the capital letter, and having its own numbers on both left-hand and right-hand columns, to prevent 

 mistakes in lining out, all in quite large type. In the centre of the Chart, occupying about 6 inches in 

 width, is a term index of common names. In the second column of Chart, like this : 



' ACONITE LEAVES, 4 A. 



Then by reference to 4 A in first column, you there find the Botanical or U. S. P. Name. On this Chart is 

 also found a brief definition of the terms used, under the heading " Medicinal Properties." 



The "CHEMISTRY" CHART takes in regular order the U. S. Pharmacopoeia Chemicals, with 

 the addition of many new ones, and following the name, the Chemical Formula, the Molecular Weight, and 

 next the Origin. This is a brief but accurate description of the essential points in the manufacture : The 

 Dose, medium and large; next, Specific Gravity; then, whether Salt or Alkaloid; next, Solubilities, by 

 abbreviation, in Water, Alcohol, and Glycerine, and blank columns for solubilities, as desired. 



Alkaloids and Concentrations are tabulated with reference numbers for the Perpetual Clinical Index, giving 

 Medicinal Properties, Minute Dose and Large Dose For example, ALKALOIDS AND CONCENTRATIONS : 



Following this, Preparations of the Pharmacopoeia, each tabulated. For example : 



TINCTURAL. 



* tiO Fineness of Powder as per U. S. P. 



t P. Macerate 24 hours. Percolate, adding Menstruum to complete (1) pint tincture. 



They are all thus abbreviated, with a ready reference head-note. 



Next, Thermometers, Metric Table of Weights, Helps to the Study of Chemistry, Examples in Work- 

 ing Atomic Molecular Formula;. Next, Explanation of Terms Used in Columns of Solubilities, List of 

 Most Important Elements Now in Use, and Definitions or Terms Frequently Used in Chemistry and 

 Pharmacy. 



The "PERPETUAL CLINICAL INDEX" is a book 6 by 9 inches, and one-half inch thick. 

 It contains 135 pages, divided as follows (opposite pages blank) : 



The Index to Chemistry Chart occupies two pages; Explanations, Abbreviations, etc., forty pages, with 

 diseases, and with an average of ten references to each disease, leaving room for about forty more remedies 

 for each disease. The numbers refer to the remedies used in the diseases by the most celebrated physicians 

 and surgeons, and the abbreviations to the manner in which they are used. Eight pages, numbered and 

 bracketed, for other diseases not enumerated The Materia Medica, Explanations, Abbreviations, and 

 Remedies suggested for, occupy twenty-six pages. For Abbreviated Prescriptions, seventeen blank pages. 

 Then the Index to Alkaloids and Concentrations. These, already enumerated, with their reference, number 

 six blank tabulated pages, for noting any new Alkaloids and Concentrations. Then the Chemistry Index, 

 giving the same number as on Chart, with Name, Doses, Specific Gravity, Salt or Alkaloid in the same 

 line, as for example : 



This Memoranda place is for Physicians' or Pharmacists' reference notes ; and with the addition of 

 several tabulated blank pages, in which to add any new chemical, with doses, etc. The remaining sixteen 

 pages for Materia Medica Index, leaving blanks following each other for new names and reference numbers 



To show the ready and permanent use of the "Perpetual Clinical Index" of the "Chemistry" and 

 "Pharmacy" Charts or Index in the book, suppose the Physician reads in a book or journal that Caffeine 

 CitraE is useful in the disease Chorea, and he wishes to keep a permanent record of that, he refers to the 

 Chart, and if it does not already appear there, it can be placed opposite and numbered, and thereafter used 

 for reference. But we find its permanent number is No. 99, so he will write down in the line left blank for 

 future use in his book, in line already used, running parallel with other reference numbers in Chorea, the 

 No. 99, and immediately under he can use the abbreviation in the manner in which it is given. Though 

 years may have passed, he can in a moment, by referring there, see that No. 99 is good for Chorea. If fail- 

 ing to remember what No. 99 is, he glances at the Chart or Index. He sees that No. 99 is Caffeine Citras, 

 and he there learns its origin and dose and solubility, and in a moment an intelligent prescription can be 

 constructed. 



(F. A. DAVIS, Medical Publisher, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.J n 



