Includes Index

The use of pharmaceuticals --
The role of nurses in drug administration --
Nurses and the pharmaceutical service --
The autonomic nervous system, asthma, 6-hydroxytryptamine and migraine --
Drugs acting on the heart --
Drugs used for blood pressure --
Atheroma and thrombosis: anticoagulants and thrombolytic agents --
Drugs affecting the alimentary tract --
Emetics and antiemetics, cough remedies, respiratory 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 --
CNS 1. General anaestesia, local anaestetics and resuscitation --
CNS 2. Epilepsy and Parkinson's disease --
CNS 3. Antipyschotics, anxiolytics and hypnotics --
CNS 4. Antidepressants and dementias --
CNS 5. Drug dependence (drug 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 --
Vitamins, irons and treatment of anaemia --
Drugs in pregnancy and at the extremes of age --
Adverse reactions to drugs, testing of drugs and pharmacovigilance --
Disinfectants and insecticides --
Poisoning and its treatment --
Herbal medicines (phytotherapy) and homeopathy.