Pharmacology in Medicine

The impressive list of contributors to this new volume on pharmacology gives good evidence of its quality. There are nineteen major divisions, with eighty-eight special subdivisions, each written by a specialist well qualified in the subject. It brings up to date the growing amount of information on drug therapy. Of special interest are the sections on drugs influencing behavior, water and salt balance, and chemotherapy. Drugs effective in the treatment of epilepsy are fully discussed, along with an excellent general statement concerning their clinical use. The section on cholinergic drugs presents as concise and recent a statement about these drugs and their use in neurological disorders, such as myasthenia gravis, as can be found anywhere. Each section is clearly written and presents data concerning mechanisms of drug action, toxicity, effects on various systems, and therapeutic usage. This book is a valuable reference and should serve as an outstanding text for