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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 8, 2020

Die Nebenwirkungen der Arzneimittel.

Publication Details

Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1881 CE.

This was the first book of its kind. It deals with the borderline between the pharmacological and the toxicological action of drugs with the untoward or side-effects of all kinds of medicaments. For details regarding this book and its author, see D. I. Macht, Ann. med. Hist., 1931, 3, 179-94, which includes a bibliography of Lewin’s writings. English translation by W. T. Alexander, with the author’s revisions, as The incidental effects of drugs. A pharmacological and clinical hand-book (New York, 1882). Digital facsimile of the 1882 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. The revised and enlarged second edition was translated by J. J. Mulheron and more appropriately titled The untoward effects of drugs. A pharmcological and clinical manual (Detroit, 1883). Digital facsimile of the 1883 translation from the Internet Archive at this link.

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Entry Number#2081
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External URLdie-nebenwirkungen-der-arzneimittel

Geographic Context

Publication place: Berlin

Mentioned in annotation: New York