Excerpt from Laboratory Manual of Pharmacology: Including Materia Medica, Pharmacopædics and Pharmacodynamics T O the possible Objection that set formulae might, tend to cramp the student's powers of expression, it may be replied that these early years Of a medical course represent a formative period in which should be developed accurate, systematic methods of Observation; and such formulae as prevent fruitless dissipation of energy thereby promote increased efficiency, both of thought and action. This book has been prepared with the constant thought in mind that the great majority of medical students are not preparing to become specialists in Pharmacology, but practitioners of general medicine. Therefore the knowledge gained derives its chief value in proportion to its relation to medicine. The interests of the student are in such a case paramount to the interests of the specialist, though the difference in needs in the two cases is less in matter and method than in proportion and emphasis. So, to paraphrase the words of an honored preceptor, Dr. Ganong, the real test Of the value of this Manual will be found not in whether my colleagues deem it a well-propor tioned compendium of pharmacologic fact, but whether it leads students to pursue the subject with an interested spirit, and to adopt spontaneously its methods and teachings in their later activities. 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.