An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral Information; Volume 2

An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral Information; Volume 2
Author: Edward Robinson 1819-1900 Squibb
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019753972

An Ephemeris of Materia Medica, Pharmacy, Therapeutics and Collateral Information is a comprehensive guide to the field of medicine, covering a wide range of topics such as materia medica, pharmacy, and therapeutics. Edward Robinson Squibb provides detailed information on a variety of drugs and their uses, as well as advice on prescribing medication and managing patient care. The book is an essential resource for medical professionals. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Merck's Report

Merck's Report
Author: Theodore Weicker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1204
Release: 1897
Genre: Pharmaceutical industry
ISBN:

Habit Forming

Habit Forming
Author: Elizabeth Kelly Gray
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2022-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190073128

Habitual drug use in the United States is at least as old as the nation itself. Habit Forming traces the history of unregulated drug use and dependency before 1914, when the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act limited sales of opiates and cocaine under US law. Many Americans used opiates and other drugs medically and became addicted. Some tried Hasheesh Candy, injected morphine, or visited opium dens, but neither use nor addiction was linked to crime, due to the dearth of restrictive laws. After the Civil War, American presses published extensively about domestic addiction. Later in the nineteenth century, many used cocaine and heroin as medicine. As addiction became a major public health issue, commentators typically sympathized with white, middle-class drug users, while criticizing such use by poor or working-class people and people of color. When habituation was associated with middle-class morphine users, few advocated for restricted drug access. By the 1910s, as use was increasingly associated with poor young men, support for regulations increased. In outlawing users' access to habit-forming drugs at the national level, a public health problem became a larger legal and social problem, one with an enduring influence on American drug laws and their enforcement.