The Action of medicines in the systemChurchill, 1855 - 396 pages |
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... Principles of Evidence . + Dr. A. Pitcairn , in 1704 , concluded one of his works by saying- Thus have I succeeded in solving the noble problem , viz . to find a remedy for a given disease . Jamque opus exegi . " " In the meantime it ...
... Principles of Evidence . + Dr. A. Pitcairn , in 1704 , concluded one of his works by saying- Thus have I succeeded in solving the noble problem , viz . to find a remedy for a given disease . Jamque opus exegi . " " In the meantime it ...
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... principles by which medicines operate as seems to me to be capable of distinct proof ; i . e . which may be regarded with that kind of certainty which we generally expect to at- tain to in scientific matters . So far , then , I have ...
... principles by which medicines operate as seems to me to be capable of distinct proof ; i . e . which may be regarded with that kind of certainty which we generally expect to at- tain to in scientific matters . So far , then , I have ...
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... principles . 2. On chemical principles . 3. On general or vital principles . 1. Mechanical theories of the action of medicines were greatly in vogue during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies . There is a tendency in the human ...
... principles . 2. On chemical principles . 3. On general or vital principles . 1. Mechanical theories of the action of medicines were greatly in vogue during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies . There is a tendency in the human ...
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... and their respective intentions of cure assigned upon the same principles , " vol . ii . p . 313 , 320 . " Medical Precepts and Cautions , " page 294 . As far as it extends , this classification seems to 34 THEORIES AND.
... and their respective intentions of cure assigned upon the same principles , " vol . ii . p . 313 , 320 . " Medical Precepts and Cautions , " page 294 . As far as it extends , this classification seems to 34 THEORIES AND.
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... principles . Perhaps the strange doctrine taught by Galen , which pre- vailed for so many centuries afterwards , should be mentioned under this head , as the first approach to a chemical theory . He considered all medicines to be hot ...
... principles . Perhaps the strange doctrine taught by Galen , which pre- vailed for so many centuries afterwards , should be mentioned under this head , as the first approach to a chemical theory . He considered all medicines to be hot ...
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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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