NEW AND STANDARD BOOKS FOR NURSES 



Materia Medica for Nurses 



By a. S. BLUMGARTEN, M.D. 



Instructor in Materia Medica at the German Hospital Training School for 

 Nurses, New York 



Illustrated, Cloth, 8vo, Cross-Index, $2.£0 



For several years Dr. Blumgarten has given a course in Materia Medica 

 at the German Hospital Training School for Nurses, New York, along lines 

 not previously attempted. This course, based on definite teaching prin- 

 ciples, has proved so successful and has met with so much favor from 

 superintendents and nurses, that a demand has arisen for a textlsook which 

 may make this new system of teaching available for use in all training 

 schools. 



His Materia Medica is written along different lines. While strictly 

 scientific, it makes the subject of Materia Medica intensely interesting to 

 the student. Instead of burdening her mind with many lengthy teclinical 

 terms, as is the case with the majority of textbooks, he builds in plain, 

 simple English, clear, concise pictures of the changes produced by the 

 action of the drugs on every organ and tissue of the body — on the skin 

 and mucous membrane, on the heart, on the alimentary track, on the 

 kidneys — the rate of absorption and excretion, etc., etc. 



The text begins with the definition of drugs, their derivation, prepara- 

 tion, active principles, nature of action, poisonous action, stimulants, de- 

 pressants, metric system, and dosage. The drugs are classified under two 

 main divisions of Stimulants and Depressants, followed by the pharmaco- 

 logical action, which is arranged in a simple manner to facilitate easy re- 

 membrance of the text. An unusual and entirely new feature is contained 

 in the vivid clinical pictures of the appearance of the patient after the ad- 

 ministration of each drug. Finally, and of especial importance, are the 

 complete Tables of Saturation Points and the chapter on Solutions, with 

 simple, arithmetical rules, by which the nurse can quickly, easily, and 

 accurately make up a solution of any strength and administer accurate doses 

 of a drug. 



These are but a iew of the many new features contained in this book, 

 which is up to the minute. It includes among the preparations all the neiu 

 and tton-official remedies in common use, as well as a chapter on Prescrip- 

 tion Reading, the last-named subject being required by nearly all the 

 State Boards. The cross-index is also very complete and detailed. 



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