Editing Merck Index (section)

==Editions==
*[[File:Copy of the Merck Index 5th edition 1940 owned by Prof Victor Trikojus.jpg|thumb|A 5th edition copy owned by Professor [[Victor Trikojus]]]]1st (1889) – first edition released by E. Merck (Germany)
*2nd (1896) – second edition released by Merck's American subsidiary and added medicines from the [[United States Pharmacopeia]] and [[National Formulary]]
*3rd (1907)
*4th (1930)
*5th (1940)
*6th (1952)
*7th (1960) – first named editor is Merck chemist Paul G. Stecher<ref name="acscinf.org"/>
*8th (1968) – editor Paul G. Stecher
*9th (1976) – editor Martha Windholz, a Merck chemist
*10th (1983), {{ISBN|0-911910-27-1}} – editor Martha Windholz. In 1984 the Index became available online as well as printed.
*11th (1989), {{ISBN|0-911910-28-X}}
*12th (1996), {{ISBN|0-911910-12-3}} – editor Susan Budavari, a Merck chemist
*13th (2001), {{ISBN|0-911910-13-1}} – editor Maryadele O'Neil, senior editor at Merck
*14th (2006), {{ISBN|978-0-911910-00-1}} – editor Maryadele O'Neil
*15th (2013), {{ISBN|978-1-84973670-1}} – editor Maryadele O'Neil; first edition under the Royal Society of Chemistry<ref name= acq />