Excerpt from The Medical Formulary: Being a Collection of Prescriptions, Derived From the Writings and Practice of Many of the Most Eminent Physicians in America and Europe, To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Usual Dietetic Preparations and Antidotes for PoisonsThe elegant and judicious formation of prescriptions is one of the difficulties which the young practitioner in medicine is obliged to encounter. While a student, he is compelled, from the circumstances under which he is placed, to confine his attention to the leading principles of the science. Consequently, the minor points (and the art of directing medicines is considered one of them), are postponed to that period when he shall have undertaken the practical duties of his profession.To obviate, in some measure, the inconvenience which the graduate at first experiences, the volume now offered the public was undertaken and executed. It contains, in a condensed form, and we think advantageously ar ranged, many of the most important prescriptions em ployed in modern practice, and which, though most of them may be already recorded, are scattered through various medical works.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.