The Chemistry of Synthetic Drugs

From Preface to the second edition: Besides the practical importance and inherent interest of the subject, it may also be of great value as a means of opening up new channels of research and of discovering new types of compounds. Just as the discovery of the coal-tar colours gave a great stimulus to the study of aromatic compounds, so the efforts to produce new drugs have led to a greatly increased 'knowledge of certain types of compounds, as, for example, those containing carbon united to arsen