Transcriber’s note:

Minor typographical corrections silently made where the original was clearly inconsistent.

Where necessary, index entries were corrected to the main text.

The cover of this book created for epub versions is placed in the public domain.

Epitome of the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary, With Comments


Prepared for the Use of Physicians Under Authorization of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association by a Committee Consisting of the Following:

A.W. Hewlett, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Leland Stanford Junior University.

Torald Sollmann, M.D., Professor of Pharmacology and Materia Medica, Medical Department, Western Reserve University.

M.I. Wilbert, Ph.M., Phar.D., Assistant in the Division of Pharmacology, Hygienic Laboratory, U.S. Public Health Service.