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absorption acetic action of drugs albumen alcohol alkalies alkaloids ammonia ammonium animal appears applied arrest arteries atropine bacteria barium become blood blood-pressure body brain calcium carbonic acid cause cells chloride chloroform circulation cold colour contractile contraction convulsions curare destroy dilatation dilute diminished effect ether excitability excreted experiments ferments fluid frog ganglia grains hæmoglobin heart heat hydrochloric acid hydrocyanic acid hydrogen increased injected intestine iodide irritation kidneys large doses lessen ligature medulla medulla oblongata mercury metals motor nerves movements mucous membrane muscle muscular fibre nerve centres nervous nitrate occur opium organs oxide oxygen p. c. in water paralysed poison potash potassium precipitate prevent produce protoplasm quantity quinine reflex reflex action removed respiration respiratory centre salts secretion sensory nerves skin small doses soda sodium soluble solution spinal cord stimulation stomach strychnine substances sulphate sulphuric acid temperature tissues vagus veins venous ventricle veratrine vessels vomiting zinc
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Page 185 - As nitrous oxide in its extensive operation appears capable of destroying physical pain, it may probably be used with advantage during surgical operations in which no great effusion of blood takes place.
Page 31 - The irrational practice of giving infinitesimal doses has of course nothing to do with the principle of homoeopathy — similia similibus curantur: the only requisite is that mentioned by Hippocrates, when he recommended mandrake in mania ; viz. that the dose be smaller than would be sufficient to produce in a healthy man symptoms similar to those of the disease.
Page v - Assistant Physician and Lecturer on Materia Medica at St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Examiner in Materia Medica in the University of London, in the Victoria University, and in the Royal College of Physicians, London ; late Examiner in the University of Edinburgh. A TEXT-BOOK OF PHARMACOLOGY, THERAPEUTICS, AND MATERIA MEDICA. Adapted to the United States Pharmacopoeia, by FRANCIS H.
Page 503 - Acid, be put into a small flask with a few pieces of Granulated Zinc, and, while the effervescence continues, a slip of bibulous paper wetted with...
Page 783 - Add the oil of orange, to the cotton in small portions at a time, distributing it thoroughly by picking the cotton apart after each addition ; then pack...
Page 344 - ... reaches the rectum and produces purgation. 6. Purgation will not ensue if water be withheld from the diet for one or two days previous to the administration of the salt in a concentrated form. 7. The absence of purgation is not due to the want of water in the alimentary canal, but to its deficiency in the blood. 8. Under ordinary conditions, with an unrestricted supply of water, the maximal amount of fluid accumulated within the canal corresponds very nearly to the quantity of water required...
Page 700 - The action of nitrite of amyl in causing flushing was first observed by Guthrie, and Dr. BW Richardson recommended it as a remedy in spasmodic conditions, from the power he thought it to possess of paralysing motor nerves. In the spring of 1867 I had opportunities of constantly observing a patient who suffered from angina pectoris, and of obtaining from him numerous sphygmographic tracings, both during the attack and during the interval. These showed that during the attack the pulse became quicker,...
Page 949 - Characters and Tests. — Pale grey, amorphous, without smell, but, even in the most minute quantity, powerfully irritating the nostrils ; strongly and persistently bitter, and highly acrid; insoluble in water, soluble in spirit, in ether, and in diluted acids, leaving traces of an insoluble brown resinoid matter.
Page 553 - Characters and Tests. — In transparent colourless rhombic prisms, terminated by four converging planes, efflorescent, tasting like common salt. It imparts a yellow colour to flame. Its solution has a faintly alkaline reaction, it gives a yellow precipitate with nitrate of silver, the resulting fluid acquiring an acid reaction. Heated to dull redness it loses...
Page 885 - ... powder, sweetish in odour, acrid in the throat, easily soluble in rectified spirit, but only partially so in ether, and insoluble in oil of turpentine.