“Cushny's Pharmacology”

Abstract

WHEN Cushny's text-book first appeared in 1899, it was recognized as being “the first severely critical, rigorously scientific general text-book to be written in English by an experimental pharmacologist“. It helped to put the science of pharmacology on secure foundations by eliminating traditional lore and concentrating attention on proved facts. It became the standard text-book in English on both sides of the Atlantic, and Cushny himself was responsible for eight editions. After his death in 1926, four more editions were prepared jointly by Prof. J. A. Gunn of the University of Oxford and Prof. C. W. Edmunds of the University of Michigan. The thirteenth edition, which has recently appeared, is a purely American production. Most of the work of revision has been done by Prof. Arthur Grollman, who is professor of both medicine and pharmacology at Southwestern Medical College, Dallas, Texas, and is well known for his work on the circulation and on the adrenals. The section dealing with depressants of the central nervous system has been revised by Dr. Donald Slaughter.

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Originally written by Prof. Arthur R. Cushny. Thirteenth edition, thoroughly revised by Prof. Arthur Grollman and Dr. Donald Slaughter. Pp. 868. (London: J. and A. Churchill, Ltd., 1947.) 45s.