Excerpt from Practical Materia Medica for Nurses: With an Appendix, Containing Poisons and Their Antidotes, With Poison-Emergencies, Mineral Waters, Weights and Measures, Dose-List, and a Glossary of the Terms Used in Materia Medica and Therapeutics They constitute the notes of a series of lectures de livered as a companion, so to speak, to practical-points in Nursing, and have been arranged in alphabetical order for a more ready reference. The first part of the book is devoted to the general considerations and classification of drugs. The second part, to the subject-matter proper of the lectures. The third part, or appendix, contains Poison-emergen cies, Poisons and their Antidotes, Emetics, Mineral Waters, Weights and Measures, Dose-list, Glossary, etc. The doses of all drugs have been given in both the Apothecaries' and Metric Weights. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.