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Excerpt from The Simpler Natural Bases
By a more or less arbitrary delimitation of the subject matter, involving for instance the total exclusion of purine bases, I have aimed at giving, in the space at my disposal, a somewhat detailed account of the chemistry of the bases dealt with, and of their derivatives. Some, like the amines and adrenaline, are remarkable on account of their physiological action, and in each case, therefore, a brief description of this action has been added. In this way I have endeavoured to make the mono graph also of interest to those who are concerned with the biological rather than with the chemical aspect of the subject.
A brief chapter on the practical methods used in the isolation Of the simple bases has been added, and special attention has been given. To the bibliography which extends to the autumn of 1913.
It is a pleasant duty to express my great indebtedness to Dr. H. H. Dale, without whose advice and criticism much of the pharmacological sections would have remained unwritten.
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