Hager's Encyclopedia of Medicines and Drugs

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Hager's Encyclopedia of Drugs and Drugs (formerly Hager's Handbook of Pharmaceutical Practice ) is an alphabetical reference work for pharmacy . It was first published by Hermann Hager in 1875 . Further editions of the Springer publishing house (Berlin, Heidelberg and New York) were published by Rudolf Hänsel , also by Paul Heinz List and Ludwig Hörhammer, and most recently by Wolfgang Blaschek .

The last printed edition comprised 17 volumes with monographs on 5,500 substances and 4,190 drugs. An edition is currently being published on DVD by Springer Science + Business Media .

The abbreviations HH2 and HH3 used in medical circles represent the respective editions.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Heinz List, Ludwig Hörhammer, Hermann Josef Roth , Walter Schmid (eds.): Hager's handbook of pharmaceutical practice for pharmacists, drug manufacturers, doctors and medical officers. 4th edition, started by Walther Kern , with an index volume, edited by Paul Heinz List. Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 1967–1980.
  2. Rudolf Hänsel, Konstantin Keller, Horst Rimpler, Georg Schneider (eds.): Hager's handbook of pharmaceutical practice. 1994.
  3. Reference Abbreviations (Medicine)
  4. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Spices, p. 324 [1]