Merck's 1899 manual of the materia medica
Subtitle: together with a summary of therapeutic indications and a classification of medicaments.
Contributors: Merck & Co.; Veterinary History Collection.
Edition: Facsimile ed.
Publisher: Merck
Published: 1999
Place of publication: [Rahway, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
Subjects: Materia medica -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Therapeutics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Drugs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Other titles: Merck's manual of the materia medica.
Notes: "A ready-reference pocket book for the practicing physician, containing names and chief synonyms, physical form and appearance, solubility, percentage strengths and physiological effects, therapeutic uses, modes of administration and application, regular and maximum dosage, incompatibles, antidotes, precautionary requirements, etc., etc.--of the chemicals and drugs usual in modern medical practice."

"Produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of this not-for-profit publication"--cf. verso t.p.

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Merck & Co., 1899.

002-118711357.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The materia medica; title: pt. II. Therapeutic indications for the use of the Materia medica and other agents; title: pt. III. Classification of medicaments according to their physiologic actions.