Better Living Through Chemistry: Some Precautionary Notes

September, 1978

We recently came across an unusual list--the most requested books in the New York Public Library. Number one is a large volume called Physicians' Desk Reference and it's a guide to 2500 drugs. The demand for P.D.R. is so great that each person is allowed only 45 minutes with it.The second most requested volume at the New York Public Library is the Medical Directory of New York State, a listing of the state's certified M.D.s. The sequence makes sense to us. After reading up on a given prescriptio...