PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACY BY HENRY V. ARNY, Ph. G., Ph. D., F. C. S. Professor of Chemistry in the College of Pharmacy of Columbia University; Sometime R591 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION THE gratifying reception accorded the first edition of this book, coupled with the appearance of the ninth revision of the United States Pharmacopoeia and of the fourth edition of the National Formulary has brought the need of a new edition. In preparing this a radical revision was rendered necessary by the strides made in pharmacy, medicine and chemistry during the past eight years. The greatest difficulty encountered was the limitation of the work to its present size and in order to do this most of the recent information, including the data concerning the new Pharmacopoeia and the Formulary, is presented in the most concise form consistent with clarity. This has been aided by inserting at the end of each chapter bibliographical references to which the student desiring more extended information can turn. The thanks of the writer are extended Miss Adelaide Rudolph, M. A., for valuable services in the preparation of the bibliography, to Leo Roon, M. S., for assistance in revising Part I., and to Professor Jeannot Hostmann for aid in the revision of Part V; also to Dr. Hugo H. Schaefer and to George G. Schneider, A.B., for assistance in proof reading. Lastly, mention must be made of the facilities offered by the libraries of the New York College of Pharmacy and of the Chemists' Club, without which the preparation of the bibliography would have been almost impossible. NEW YORK CITY. H. V. ARNY. |