A Text Book Of Materia Medica Including Laboratory Exercises In The Histologic And Chemic Examinations Of Drugs For Pharmaceutic And Medical Schools

Author : Robert A. Hatcher
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ISBN 13 : 9781332229963
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book A Text-Book of Materia Medica written by Robert A. Hatcher and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A d104-Book of Materia Medica: Including Laboratory Exercises in the Histologic and Chemic Examinations of Drugs Pharmaceutic and Medical Schools and for Home Study The following pages were written with the object of popularizing the Laboratory Method in the study of Organic Materia Medica. There can no longer be any doubt as to the general superiority of the objective method over the didactic in the teaching of natural sciences. Acquaintance at first-hand has innumerable advantages over that acquired at second-hand from a teacher or text-book. In many cases it is absolutely impossible to evoke a correct picture of the object or phenomenon by these second-hand methods; but, even when this can be done, a personal acquaintance is much more impressive and interesting. Whilst these remarks apply to the study of all natural science, they have a special force in the case of Materia Medica. The almost proverbial dryness of this subject can be traced directly to the neglect of objective study. Materia Medica cannot help but become interesting when the student leaves the monotonous descriptions of the text, and goes directly to the specimens of the drugs; when he observes the underlying simplicity and the endless variety of adaptations in the gross and microscopic structures; and when, by the application of chemic tests, he sees before him the wonderfully numerous and complex products of the activity of those tiny laboratories, the cells. As the experiment of basing the instruction in Materia Medica entirely on laboratory work had never been tried, as far as Ave know, we introduced it gradually and tentatively at the Cleveland School of Pharmacy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.