"A ready-reference pocket book for the practicing physician, containing names and chief synonyms, physical form and appearance, solubility, percentage strenghts and physiological effects, therapeutic uses, modes of administration and application, regular and maximum dosage, incompatibles, antidotes, precautionary requirements, etc., etc.--of the chemicals and drugs usual in modern medical practice."--t.p./ "Produced in celebration of the 100th anniversary of this not-for-profit publication"--T.p. verso./ Originally published: New York : Merck & Co., 1899.