Excerpt from Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine, Vol. 6 New Names for Synthetics. As was reported in previous volumes of this publication the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry of the American Medical Association has accepted and promulgated the following non-proprietary, "All-American" names: Arsphenamine for "Salvarsan," "Arsenobenzol," "Diarsenol, '' "Arsaminol." Neo-arsphenamine for "Neosalvarsan." Barbital for "Veronal." Barbital Sodium for "Veronal sodium." Procaine for "Novocain." Cinchophen for "Atophan." This year the Council has adopted the following non-proprietary names: Acetannin for "Tannigen." Albutannin for "Tannalbin." Benzocaine for "Anesthesine." Eucatropine for "Euphthalmine." Phenacaine for "Holocaine." Neocinehophen for "Novatophan." Phenetsal for "Salophen." To aid in the emancipation of the medical profession from proprietary medicine domination, the non-proprietary names will be employed by preference in this publication. 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.