The Pharmaceutical Pocket Book
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
A cornerstone of mid-twentieth-century medical practice, The Pharmaceutical Pocket Book is a compact yet comprehensive reference guide published by The Pharmaceutical Press under the authority of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. In its thirteenth edition, this indispensable volume presents essential pharmaceutical data, drug formulations, dosage tables, and clinical reference material curated for practising pharmacists, physicians, and allied health professionals of the era. Designed for immediate consultation in clinical and dispensary settings, it distills the complex body of pharmaceutical knowledge of the time into an accessible, portable format that could be carried and consulted at a moment's notice. As a serialised reference work that underwent continual revision across its many editions, The Pharmaceutical Pocket Book chronicles the evolving standards of British pharmaceutical practice across decades, reflecting shifts in drug discovery, regulation, and therapeutic understanding. Its terse, authoritative style and systematic organisation illustrate the rigorous scientific culture of mid-century British pharmacy, making it a fascinating artefact for historians of medicine and collectors of scientific literature alike. For anyone with an interest in the development of modern pharmacology or the history of medical publishing, this thirteenth edition offers a vivid and remarkably detailed window into the pharmaceutical world of 1950.
Author: C E Corfield
Format: Hardback
Published: 1938, The Pharmaceutical Press
Genre: Medicine
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
A cornerstone of mid-twentieth-century medical practice, The Pharmaceutical Pocket Book is a compact yet comprehensive reference guide published by The Pharmaceutical Press under the authority of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. In its thirteenth edition, this indispensable volume presents essential pharmaceutical data, drug formulations, dosage tables, and clinical reference material curated for practising pharmacists, physicians, and allied health professionals of the era. Designed for immediate consultation in clinical and dispensary settings, it distills the complex body of pharmaceutical knowledge of the time into an accessible, portable format that could be carried and consulted at a moment's notice. As a serialised reference work that underwent continual revision across its many editions, The Pharmaceutical Pocket Book chronicles the evolving standards of British pharmaceutical practice across decades, reflecting shifts in drug discovery, regulation, and therapeutic understanding. Its terse, authoritative style and systematic organisation illustrate the rigorous scientific culture of mid-century British pharmacy, making it a fascinating artefact for historians of medicine and collectors of scientific literature alike. For anyone with an interest in the development of modern pharmacology or the history of medical publishing, this thirteenth edition offers a vivid and remarkably detailed window into the pharmaceutical world of 1950.