Bentley's Textbook of Pharmaceutics.

doi:10.1059/0003-4819-32-3-579

Bentley's Textbook of Pharmaceutics.

5th Ed. Revised by HAROLD DAVIS. , B.SC., Ph.D. (Lond.), Ph.C., F.R.I.C., Pereira Medallist, Sometime Chief Pharmacist, University College Hospital, London, with the collaboration of M. W. PARTRIDGE. , B.Pharm., B.SC., Ph.D. (Lond.), Ph.C., Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Nottingham, and A. I. ROBINSON. , Ph.C., Late Pharmacist in Charge, Manufacturing Laboratory, Messrs. Stafford Allen & Sons, Ltd., London, with contributions by W. A. BROOM. , B.SC. (Lond.), F.R.I.C., M. ELLIS. , M.SC. (Wales), F.L.S., and H. A. TURNER. , B.SC. (Lond.), Ph.C., D.B.A (Pharm. Soc.), Pereira Medallist. 1100 pages; 14.5 X 22.5 cm. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, Md. 1949. Price, $7.50.

Excerpt

This book presents the principles and fundamentals employed in the practice of pharmacy. After including a short history of the British Pharmacopoeia in Part 1, Part 2 discusses the processes and small scale apparatus employed in the formulation and perfection of pharmaceutical products on a retail or small hospital level, explaining many of the principles on a physical and physical chemical basis. Part 3 deals with the large scale manufacturing of pharmaceutical products, including the handling of raw materials, heat and power requirements, materials of construction, the Factories Act and safety, and a discussion of the unit processes and the

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