II.—Eophrynus and Allied Carboniferous Arachnida

Arthritis and Allied Conditions

Chlorpromazine and allied substances.

Promethazine (phenergan) has two methyl groups, which in these derivatives are associated with strong antihistaminic power, while chlorpromazine is a propylamine phenothiazine, which has more marked central nervous system effects but only one-hundredth of the antihistamine potency of promezathine. The Department of Pharmacology at Oxford has pointed out (Burns, 1948; Burns and Dutta, 1948; Dews...

Extrasystoles and Allied Arralythmias

Glycosuria and Allied Conditions

work on the subject. Glycosuria is essentially a chemical problem and should primarily be attached from a chemical point of view. The book begins with a discussion of the properties and pli3'siology of the carbohydrates, and methods for their detection are full}7 described. Experimental glycosuria is well dealt with and the author believes that the pancreas is concerned with the metabolism of s...

Glycosuria and Allied Conditions

Glycosuria and Allied Conditions. By P. J. Cammidge, M.D. Pp. vii. 467. London : Edward Arnold. 1913. 16s. net. The senior student and practitioner who is interested in diabetes and allied conditions will find a large amount of information in Dr. Cammidge's book, which we can thoroughly recommend as a painstaking and interesting monograph on this very complicated subject. Naturally a large port...