proceedings of the institute on drug literature evaluation. Conducted by the American Society of hospital pharmacists. American society of hospital pharmacists, 4630 montgomery ave., Washington, DC 20014, 1969 × + 192 pp. 21.3 × 27.7 cm. price $7.00
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3549
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✦ Synopsis
His text touches on many areas of pharmaceutics: small scale manufacturing, preparation of medicinals official in the Scandinavian countries and, in certain instances, rationale of dosage form.
Professor Sandell has had various levels of success in covering a wide range of topics; some, in a manner not usual, but in a way which would be welcomed, in the typical "American" text. However, the treatment of theory and certain topics is somewhat abbreviated and the approach to some of the topics is at an intermediate rather than at a basic level. It seems that the author, in his attempt to cover a wide range of topics, has included, for example, areas such as Honeys and Lamillae and has given only a cursory treatment of Isotonicity and Hydrogen Ion Concentration. On the other hand there is a short, but welcomed, discussion of Jet Injection.
Almost every section has some references which may as intended, direct the reader to a more specialized study of the topic being considered. However, students in the United States would find it difficult to abstract the many foreign language publications that are cited.
Generally speaking, the choice of topics and their sequence of presentation is logical. What is disturbing in a basic text is to find different levels of treatment of the material. It may be, as Professor Sandell states that, "this text-book is . . . typically Scandinavian. . .,"
i.e., geared to their educational systems.
Although this reviewer cannot recommend Pharmaceutics- Galenical Pharmacy as a text for undergraduates in this country, there is merit in the author's approach to several topics.