The Action of medicines in the systemChurchill, 1855 - 396 pages |
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Page iii
... present volume as seemed to be necessitated by the rapid advance of therapeutic science , at the same time that he has felt the necessity of not increasing its bulk to an inconvenient extent . The first and second chapters have been ...
... present volume as seemed to be necessitated by the rapid advance of therapeutic science , at the same time that he has felt the necessity of not increasing its bulk to an inconvenient extent . The first and second chapters have been ...
Page 6
... humble a capacity , " In the writings of the present day , the premisses are commonly sound , but the conclusions false . " - S . T. Coleridge . as the pioneers of knowledge , have to hazard many 6 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS .
... humble a capacity , " In the writings of the present day , the premisses are commonly sound , but the conclusions false . " - S . T. Coleridge . as the pioneers of knowledge , have to hazard many 6 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS .
Page 7
... present them- selves to me . In the next chapter I shall take a brief review of the opinions of other writers on the subject of the action of me- dicines ; knowing , indeed , that in so short a notice I shall be perfectly unable to do ...
... present them- selves to me . In the next chapter I shall take a brief review of the opinions of other writers on the subject of the action of me- dicines ; knowing , indeed , that in so short a notice I shall be perfectly unable to do ...
Page 9
... present in these parts , provided only that the substance to be absorbed shall be first in some way dissolved ,, and reduced to the liquid state . In the stomach there is , in contact with the substance just introduced , a thin watery ...
... present in these parts , provided only that the substance to be absorbed shall be first in some way dissolved ,, and reduced to the liquid state . In the stomach there is , in contact with the substance just introduced , a thin watery ...
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... present one is not essentially connected . The opinions of authors on the general action of medicines are in most cases best ascertained by observing the manner in which they have arranged and classified them , grouping to- gether those ...
... present one is not essentially connected . The opinions of authors on the general action of medicines are in most cases best ascertained by observing the manner in which they have arranged and classified them , grouping to- gether those ...
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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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