Excerpt from Materia Medica for Nurses While the classification of the drugs follows the same general plan of Stimulants and Depressants, the drugs are more closely grouped around the organs they principally affect. The position of caffeine and alcohol in the classification has been changed to conform to the more recent pharmacological conceptions. The chapters on serums, vaccines and organic remedies have been grouped with the specifics to conform to the therapeutic classification. The relation of digitalis action to the newer ideas on the physiology of the heart has also been added. The same visual method has been followed under the action of the drugs, but additions and changes have been made for the sake of clearness wherever these seemed to be indicated. A few newer drugs have been added; no old drugs have been omitted; all the unimportant and infrequently used substances have been condensed. An appendix on The Harrison Law and its practical application to hospital nursing has also been added. 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.