With Illustrations

By Oscar W. Bethea, M.D., Ph.G., F.C.S. Assistant Phofessor of Materia Medica and Instructor in Prescription Writing, Tolane University of Louisiana. Formerly Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Pharmacology, Mississippi Medical College, etc.

Second Revised Edition

The use in this volume of certain portions of the text of the United States Pharmacopoeia is by virtue of permission received from the Board of Trustees of the United States Pharmacoparial Convention. The said Board of Trustees is not responsible for any inaccuracy of quotation, nor for any errors in the statement of quantities or percentage strengths.

To His Father And Mother A Knowledge Of Whose High Ideals, Unselfish Ambitions, And Unswerving Devotion To Duty Have Proven A Never-Failing Source Of Inspiration This Volume Is Affectionately Dedicated By The Author