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By Harry Beckman, M.D., Director, Departments of Pharmacology, Marquette University Schools of Medicine and Dentistry; Consulting Physician, County General Hospital and Columbia Hospital. Price, $15. Pp. 744, with 126 figures and many structural formulae. W. B. Saunders Company, 218 W. Washington Sq., Philadelphia 5, 1958.

Elmer L. DeGowin, M.D., Reviewer

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1959;103(3):507-508.

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Textbooks on pharmacology have assumed increasing importance in the education of the physician. Acceleration in the discovery of new drugs of high potency and specificity has become so great that more than ever before the mastery of the facts and methods of pharmacology is a necessity for the student and practitioner. Approximately one-third of the national cost of medical care is now attributed to the purchase of drugs. There is no question that this amount is excessive and some of the blame can be directed at the physician who is unduly influenced by multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns and practices of polypharmacy. The deluge of misleading advertisements which clutter the doctor's mail demands increasing discrimination by physicians who are thoroughly grounded in the science of pharmacology. The principles of this science must be inculcated in the medical schools to a greater extent than has been the case during the last thirty years. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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