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Author(s) -
Modell Walter
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt196013271
Subject(s) - synonym (taxonomy) , simple (philosophy) , medicine , traditional medicine , philosophy , biology , epistemology , zoology , genus
When pharmacology was a less fertile field, the names of drugs in current use provided no problem. Since all were old and established simple chemical or galenical preparations, the possibilities of drug designations were both limited and clearly delineated; there were the established Latin names and the established vulgar equivalents. The physician used the former, the common synonym was used only by the layman.