RT Journal
T1 QUalitative and volumetric analysis for medical students.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1929
FD February 23
VO 92
IS 8
SP 675
OP 675
DO 10.1001/jama.1929.02700340075037
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1929.02700340075037
AB In this small volume the authors attempt to cover the fields of qualitative and volumetric analysis as far as medical students are concerned. The qualitative portion of the book reminds one of the textbooks of twenty-five years ago: a cook-book type of recipe for determining this or that metal without causing the student to think in terms of modern chemistry, or to reason why—a most lamentable method of teaching qualitative analysis. The authors then skip gravimetric quantitative analysis, the basis of all quantitative work, and present immediately volumetric analysis. It is fortunate for the future physicians of America that chemistry in the colleges here is taught by the use of textbooks using the modern explanations of chemistry to stimulate thinking on the part of the student.