Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing for Students and Practitioners

Bastedo's "Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Prescription Writing" is intended for students and practitioners. This book provides information that is of practical importance in the everyday life of a practitioner and student. There are those who insist that the subject of therapy today has become so broad that it is impossible to include in one volume all of the essential information. If there is adequate reason for this attitude, Bastedo's book is one of several that should be in a medical library. If, however, there are some who feel that only one book is necessary, this volume could be considered as one of several choices. The tenet of the author in his writings is obvious in his introduction, which begins "Medicine sometimes cures, it often relieves, it always consoles." He has discussed with discerning clarity treatment measures that are in common use and the actions of drugs that are well known or