Excerpt from Materia Medica and Therapeutics: A Text-Book for Nurses No drugs described in the first edition have been omitted in the second. The oil of chenopodium is included as an anthelmintic and the description of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic has been elaborated. Numerous amplifications and minor changes have been made to clarify the text. A diagram has been added to the portion of the chapter on solutions which explains the method Of making weak from strong solutions, and this part has been rewritten on the basis Of the diagram. The author is again indebted to Dr. Cary Eggleston, Of Cornell Medical School, New York City, for his advice and suggestions in this edition. 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.