Includes bibliographical references and index.

Content:The use of pharmaceuticals -- The role of nurses in drug administration -- Nurses and the pharmaceutical service -- The autonomic nervous system,asthma,5-hydroxytrptamine and migraine -- Drugs used for blood pressure -- Atheroma and thrombosis:anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents Drugs affecting the alimentary tract -- Emetics and antiemetics,cough remedies,respiration stimulants -- Narcotic analgesics -- Anti-inflammatory drugs:treatment of arthritis and gout -- Drugs affecting the kidney and renal function -- Endocrine system i.the hypothalamus and pituitary -- Endocrine system ii.hormones and metabolism:thyroid parathyroid glands calcitonin and osteoporosis -- Endocrine system iii hormones and metabolism: insulin,diabetes mellitus and obesity -- Endocrine system iv. hormones and metabolism: the adrenal glands -- Endocrine system v. hormones and reproduction -- CNC 1.general anesthesia,local anaesthetics and resuscitation -- CNC 2.epilepsy and parkinson's disease -- CNC 3.antipsychotics,anxiolytics and hypnotics -- CNC 4 antidepressants and dementias -- CNC 5.Drug dependence (drugs addiction) -- Antibacterial drugs -- Antifungal and antiviral agents:treatment of HIV disease -- Sera and vaccines -- Drugs used in the treatment of malignant disease -- treatment of tropical and imported diseases; anthelmintics -- Drugs and the eye -- Application of drugs to the skin,nose and ears -- Vatamin,iron and treatment of anaemia -- Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age -- Adverse reactions of drugs,testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance -- Disinfectants and insecticides -- poisoning and its treatment -- Herbal medicine (phytotherapy) and homeopathy -- Appendix.wieghts and measures