Excerpt from The Oxford Index of Therapeutics Part III, the short pharmacological summary, offers a com parison of substances having a similar action. No claim is made for its scientific accuracy of classification. Part IV, the Index, covers the complete work and contains, in addition, every synonym or cross reference that has been suggested by various authors. This was the only obvious way to avoid overloading the text with a mass of cross references and, at the same time, render the matter easily available for quick reference. This work was commenced during the last days of the war, and has been completed during the no less distracting time of reconstruction. There have been many difficulties to overcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.