PREFACE TO EIGHTH EDITION 



The eighth edition has been wholly reprinted, revised and rewritten. 

 It is in accord with the ninth edition of the United States Pharmacopoeia. 

 Among remedies introduced for the first time are; chenopodium, arsphe- 

 namine, Dakin's soljution, chlorazene, dichloramine-T, scarlet red, methyl 

 blue, pituitary gland, lobelia, lobelin and diuretin. 



Articles on the thyroid and adrenal glands have been greatly modified 

 and enlarged. 



A large number of prescriptions of ascertained value have been intro- 

 duced throughout the book to facilitate the practical application of drug 

 treatment. In the sections on food and feeding, blood transfusion, and 

 seruin and vaccine therapy much new matter will be found. 



The author wishes to express his grateful acknowledgment for the 

 kindness of Dr. Maurice C. Hall, of the Bureau of Animal Industry, 

 in revising the matter on anthelmintics, and also his appreciation of the 

 work of Dr. A. Eichhorn in writing the section on biological therapy. 



Too much appreciation cannot be accorded the publisher who, through- 

 out the very considerable task of remaking and reprinting the work, has 

 aided in every way with his notable energy and professional ability to 

 produce as perfect a volume as possible in scientific value, technical 

 accuracy, practical usefulness, and the book-making art. 



Kenelm Winslow. 

 Seattle, Wash., 

 December, 1919. 



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