{"product_id":"the-elements-of-materia-medica-and-therapeutics-volume-1-paperback-9781108068444","title":"The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Volume 1 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108068444","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics: Volume 1\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis encyclopaedic work, a pioneering text in pharmacology, is reissued here in its revised and expanded fourth edition (1854–7).\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Pereira (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108068444, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 January 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1014 pages, 151 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 5.8 cm, 1.46 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAfter training as an apothecary and surgeon, Jonathan Pereira (1804–53) taught materia medica for many years. His lectures at the medical school in London's Aldersgate Street were highly successful and formed the basis for the first edition of his major encyclopaedic work on medicinal substances. A pioneering text in the field of pharmacology, Pereira's work, which he subsequently updated in further editions, provided pharmacists and medical professionals with a more rigorous scientific understanding of the drugs and remedies they prescribed. After Pereira's death, medical jurist Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806–80) and physician George Owen Rees (1813–89) prepared this revised and expanded fourth edition, interspersed with instructive woodcuts. Volume 1 (1854) includes discussion of 'physical remedies' such as heat, cold and electricity, and 'hygienic remedies' of diet, exercise and climate. It then focuses on general pharmacological practice and specific drugs, describing the medicinal properties of inorganic compounds.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the fourth edition\u003cbr\u003e Prolegomena\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Psychical or Mental Remedies: 1. External affections of the mind\u003cbr\u003e 2. Internal affections of the mind\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Physical but Imponderable Remedies: 1. Light\u003cbr\u003e 2. Heat\u003cbr\u003e 3. Cold\u003cbr\u003e 4. Electricity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Magnetism\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Hygienic Remedies: 1. Food\u003cbr\u003e 2. Exercise\u003cbr\u003e 3. Climate\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Mechanical and Surgical Remedies\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Pharmacological Remedies: 1. General pharmacology\u003cbr\u003e 2. Special pharmacology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Botany \u0026amp; plant sciences\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Botany%20\u0026amp;%20plant%20sciences%20%5BPST%5D%22\"\u003ePST\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266159530264,"sku":"9781108068444","price":63.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108068444i_9e7abd21-8e51-4f45-940a-1e0cd98576b0.jpg?v=1696748708","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-elements-of-materia-medica-and-therapeutics-volume-1-paperback-9781108068444","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}