TY - JOUR T1 - DRug therapy AU - Long JP Y1 - 1963/01/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250130026 JO - Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 126 EP - 126 VL - 111 IS - 1 N2 - 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, SN - 0003-9926 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250130026 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1963.03620250130026 ER -