The Action of medicines in the systemChurchill, 1855 - 396 pages |
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... nervous force , in general or in particular . 2. That others , called Narcotics , act so as first to exalt nervous force , and then to depress it , and have also a special influence on the intellectual part of the brain . 3. That others ...
... nervous force , in general or in particular . 2. That others , called Narcotics , act so as first to exalt nervous force , and then to depress it , and have also a special influence on the intellectual part of the brain . 3. That others ...
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... nervous force , either of the whole nervous system , or only of a part of it . They vary very much in power . A second set , called Narcotics , first exalt nervous force , and then depress it . They have thus a double action ; but they ...
... nervous force , either of the whole nervous system , or only of a part of it . They vary very much in power . A second set , called Narcotics , first exalt nervous force , and then depress it . They have thus a double action ; but they ...
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... nervous force . They may act on the whole nervous system , or on a part of it only . They are often very powerful ; and they are of use when , from any cause , some part of the nervous sys- tem is over - excited . They are called ...
... nervous force . They may act on the whole nervous system , or on a part of it only . They are often very powerful ; and they are of use when , from any cause , some part of the nervous sys- tem is over - excited . They are called ...
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... nerves ; we cannot say that any known medicine may not at some time or in some way act on the nervous system . The same term means a very different thing when found in a classification based on the mode of operation of medicines , for ...
... nerves ; we cannot say that any known medicine may not at some time or in some way act on the nervous system . The same term means a very different thing when found in a classification based on the mode of operation of medicines , for ...
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... nervous forces , and others which tend to depress them , yet as there are many remedies which may operate well without doing either the one or the other , and whose operation does not depend at all upon this , the dis- tinction cannot ...
... nervous forces , and others which tend to depress them , yet as there are many remedies which may operate well without doing either the one or the other , and whose operation does not depend at all upon this , the dis- tinction cannot ...
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absorbed absorption action agents Ague alkali alkaloid Ammonia animal Antimony Arsenic Astringents bile blood blood-medicines bowels brain Carbonic Carbonic acid Catalytic medicines Cathartics cause chemical cloth condition considered contains counteract cure deposit Diaphoretics diminish discases diseases disorders dissolved Diuretics effect efficacy Eliminatives Emetic endosmosis excess excreted exert explained fever Fibrine fluid function Gallic Acid given glands Hæmatics Hydrocyanic acid inflammation influence insoluble intestinal Iodine irritant kidneys lacteal Lactic acid large doses liver matters membrane Mercury mineral minor propositions morbid muscular Narcotics nature nerve-medicines nerves nervous force nervous system Neurotics neutralize operation Opium oxidation pass peculiar poison Potash principle probably produce proved purging quantity Quina remedies Restorative saline salts Scrofula Scurvy secretion Sedatives skin small doses Soda soluble solution Stimulants stomach Strychnia substances Sulphate Sulphur supposed symptoms Syphilis Tannic acid tend theory tion tissues Tonics Uric acid urine vegetable acids vessels Vide
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