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THIS book is widely used by those who have passed preliminary scientific examinations and are studying for the qualifying examinations in pharmaceutical chemistry. Its suitability for this useful purpose is attested by the appearance of four editions in twenty years. It is divided into three sections dealing with analytical methods, inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry respectively, and is full of facts clearly and simply set forth. A large proportion of these facts is taken from the "Pharmacopoeia", with suitable explanations and amplifications. A few references are given to original papers, but the book is essentially an elementary textbook for a specialized purpose. The new edition has been brought up to date by the inclusion of data from the first six addenda to the "British Pharmacopoeia" of 1932 and revised throughout in the interests of accuracy and clarity.
Bentley and Driver's Textbook of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Revised By Dr. John Edmund Driver. Fourth edition. Pp. ix + 644. (London, New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1945.) 21s. net.
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Bentley and Driver's Textbook of Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Nature 155, 743 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155743d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155743d0