xiv + 562 pp. IIlustrated. 15 x 22 cm. Price 810.
Here is a book which should be of considerable interest to practicing pharmacists and to pharmaceutical chemists. The first half of the book, particularly, includes information on tyrothricin, penicillin, streptomycin, dihydrostreptomycin, bacitracin, aureomycin, chloramphenicol, terramycin, polymyxin, neomycin, mycomycin, viomycin, and subtilin, of special interest and use to practicing pharmacists. The first chapter of the book deals with the isolation and the development of the antibiotics and includes definitions of terms. Chapters 2 to 0, inclusive, are designed to summarize essential information on the antimicrobial spectrum, the pharmacology, and the dosage forms available for each antibiotic discussed. Each chapter is preceded by a photograph and a short biographical sketch of the discoverer of each antibiotic. In the third part of the book will be found a discussion of the treatment of specific diseases, in which the experience and results of the use of the several antibiotics are s u nmarized.
The book is documented with significant references, and is well indexed to facilitate the location of