RT Journal
A1 Long JP
T1 DRug therapy
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1963
FD January 1
VO 111
IS 1
SP 126
OP 126
DO 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250130026
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250130026
AB This handbook of currently used drugs offers the physician a quick reference to at least most of the medicinal agents in clinical use. The contents and organization are very similar to various hospital formularies. A brief pharmacological discussion precedes the agents that are listed in the various classes. In the preface the author makes the following comment, "When several drugs of equal value exist, choice has been made on the basis of the manufacturer; favoring products of those companies with the best practices." The author does not elaborate as to how this choice was made or what the practices are. It is too bad that this point was not elaborated, since this would be of intense interest to all concerned. The author also states that it is a book of opinion. There are statements in the book where pharmacologists would differ in their opinion, but the book offers a brief,