LESSONS ON PRESCRIPTIONS

AND THE

ART OF PRESCRIBING.

Willia

BY

W. HANDSEL GRIFFITHS, Ph.D., L.R.C.P.E.,

LICENTIATE OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, EDINBURGH;
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY IN THE LEDWICH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DUBLIN ;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE THERAPEUTICAL SOCIETY OF PARIS;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF PHARMACY;

EDITOR FOR The Edinburgh Medical Journal of

"THE MONTHLY REPORTS ON THE PROGRESS OF THERAPEUTICS;
LIBRARIAN TO THE ROYAL COLLEGE of surgeons, IRELAND.

AND CO.

London:

MACMILLAN

1875.

[All Rights reserved.]

LONDON:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,

STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

07-19-22 M. HiB

TO THE

REV. PROFESSOR HAUGHTON, M.D., F.R.S.,

FELLOW AND MEDICAL REGISTRAR OF TRINITY COLI.EGE, DUBLIN,

This Little Volume is Enscribed,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THE ESTIMATION

IN WHICH

HIS LABOURS IN THE CAUSE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION

ARE HELD BY

THE AUTHOR.

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PREFACE.

THE publication of these Lessons was undertaken in response to a frequently expressed desire on the part of my pupils, and, also, because I believe that there exists a very great demand for some such educational work.

The notes taken by an intelligent student have been used as the basis of this little book, and the "Lessons" are published almost word for word as they were delivered. The colloquial style may be considered a defect, but this will, I am sure, be more than counterbalanced by the individuality of the teaching.

That the publication of this little work may serve in some degree to conduce to the study of the Art of Prescribing is my very earnest hope.

W. HANDSEL GRIFFITHS.

2, UPPER FITZWILLIAM STREET, DUBLIN. April, 1875.