Practical therapeutics : considered chiefly with reference to articles of the materia medica / by Edward John Waring.

  • Waring, Edward John, 1819-1891.
Date:
1871
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    There are many features in Dr Waring's Therapeutics which render it especially valuable to the Practitioner and Student of Medicine, much important and reliable information being found in it not contained in similar works; it also differs from them in its completeness, the convenience of its arrangement, and the greater promi- nence given to the medicinal application of the various articles of the Materia Medica in the treatment of morbid conditions of the Human Body, &c. It is divided into two parts, the alphabetical arrangement being adopted throughout; there is also added an excellent Index of Diseases, with a list of the medicines applicable as remedies, a-nd a full Index of the medicines and preparations noticed in the work. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. This new edition of Waring's Practical Therapeutics has been altered and improved with great judgment. A satisfactory account of new agents—chloral, apomorphia, nitrous oxide, carbolic acid, &c, is introduced without adding to its bulk. The additions are made with remarkable skill in con- densation. It is one of the best manuals of therapeutics yet in existence.—Brit. Med. Journal. There has been no scarcity, latterly, of works of this class, several of them we regard as having great professional value ; but, it must be allowed, we think, that this holds no inferior place among them. StillS's is a national book, but much more voluminous; and, therefore, while it is high author- ity, it is less convenient for office use. Furthermore, we prefer the literary arrangement and execu- tion of Waring. It can be used with more readiness and always relied on for the correctness of its facts. In the daily treatment of diseases, it seems to supply everything that can be desired. The articles are arranged alphabetically, and a paragraph is devoted to their physical description and scientific character. Their therapeutic uses, however, constitute the bulk of the volume; and in this respect the labor has been very thorough.—Druggists'1 Circular. The plan of this work is admirable, and well calculated to meet the wants of the busy practi- tioner. There is a remarkable amount of information, accompanied with judicious comments, im- parted in a concise yet agreeable style. The indications for the applications of remedies are sufficiently comprehensive, and their mode of action generally accounted for on rational grounds. The publishers have well performed their part, and we trust that their enterprise in introducing the work to the profession in America may meet with that encouragement which the inherent merits of the treatise itself are entitled to command.—Medical Record. Our admiration, not only for the immense industry of the author, but also of the great practical value of the volume, increases with every reading or consultation of it. We wish a copy could be put in the hands of every student or practitioner in the country. In our estimation it is the best book of the kind ever written.—N. Y. Medical Journal. It is, indeed, one of the most practical works that has ever attracted our attention. Combining the merits of Wood, Beck, StillC, and the U. S. Dispensatory, it forms a volume which no young- physician can afford to be without.—Chicago Medical Journal. This work is a monument of industry and perseverance, invaluable both to the Practitioner and Student.—Canada Medical Journal. Mr. Waring has produced a volume which entitles him to the thanks of Students as well as of all who need a work on Therapeutics.—American Medical Journal. A more laborious, painstaking, and valuable composition does not exist in any other language on the subject; one that should be in every practicing Physician and Surgeon's study, without which their libraries, no matter how rich otherwise in works on Materia Medica, must of necessity be incomplete.—Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medicine. No work on this subject has appeared that can be more fully recommended to the Student and Physician. It not only contains all that is actually necessary to the Practitioner, but affords other- wise, much useful, valuable, and novel instruction. The oldest Physician and the most accurate Student will find in it much that has not, and cannot be seen elsewhere. No one can consult its pages without receiving practical information and judicious counsel.—Richmond Medical Journal