Materia Medica for Nurses

The second edition of this book will be welcome to members of the nursing profession. It is a small book covering aboiit 100 pages, written in an easy and readable style. The author has used considerable judgement in selecting only drugs in common daily use with their important preparations, doses, actions, and therapeutic uses. Materia medica is a vast subject, growing. every day in volume, and it is no easy matter to pick out only the essential requirements for the nurses without going too far into the unnecessary details. The chapter on classification of drugs according to the part of the body upon which they act is worth special mention. The table of important doses at the end will be useful for ready reference. Several drugs included in the new edition of the British Pharmacopoeia have found a place in the book. Tt can be recommended as