Excerpt from Laboratory Guide in Experimental Pharmacology: Directions for the Course Given in the University of Michigan In the years which have elapsed since these notes were first put into permanent form the book has been placed in service in different pharmacological laboratories over the country, and in this revision which the progress of the science makes necessary, the suggestions which have been received from teachers of the subject have proved most welcome and helpful. It would seem that the wish expressed in the preface to the first edition that these notes might prove useful to others has been realized. It need hardly be pointed out that the object of the book is not to furnish an exhaustive treatise on laboratory methods, but rather a simple outline of experiments which can easily be carried out by the average medical student in any laboratory equipped for the purpose. That the arrangement is entirely practical and workable is proved by the fact that these directions essentially as here published, have been in use in this laboratory for considerably over twenty years. The more important changes which have been made in this revision may be mentioned shortly. The section on pharmaceutical work has been enlarged by the introduction of directions for making a few preparations other than those already included in the earlier edition of the book, and all of these directions have been collected and placed in the early part of the book. This will allow of the omission of this section entirely in schools in which medical students are given a special course in pharmacy. 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.