The principles and methods of therapeutics / by Adolphe Gubler ; tr. from the French.

  • Gubler, A. (Adolphe), 1821-1879.
Date:
1881
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Credit: The principles and methods of therapeutics / by Adolphe Gubler ; tr. from the French. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Importance of the organic substratum—Ergotine and strychnine— Cause of the election of organs by medicaments ; Physico- Chemical Constitution—Phosphorus, phosphates of the alkaline earths, arsen- iate of lime, iron, salts of potash, introduction of medicaments, alcohol ; Affinity of the Histological Elements — Alcohol, ether, lecithin, protagon, myéline, cerebric acid, alkaloids — Physical reason for those affinities—Dyeing by coloring substances ; Differ- ences in Organic Sensibility—Extensor and flexor muscles ; Means of Elimination of Medicaments. Mineral Substances: Chemical composition; Perfect — Sulphate of soda; Imperfect — Oxalates, cyanides, chlorates, chlorides, iodides, bromides, arseniates, salts of iron, salts of copper; Ill-defined Combinations; Unstable Combi- nations—Hyposulphites, hypochlorites. CHAPTER IV.—GENERAL THERAPEUTICS—[Continued.] 55 Organic Substances : Simplicity of composition ; Nature of Elements —Anaesthetics, hydrocarbons; The Part of Nitrogen; Molecular Grouping—Starch, gum, dextrine, vegetable and animal glycose, glycocol, benzoic acid, nitrous ether, nitrite of ethyl, cacodylic acid ; Chemical Composition—Curara and strychnine, apomorphine ; Conveyance of Medicamental Action—Inhibition, capillarity, conta- gion, reflex action, liquefaction. CHAPTER V. —AVENUES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAMENTS 67 Solvent Action of Albumen : The Part of Gravity in Absorption— Gingival deposits, tattooing. Avenues for Introducing Med- icaments: Digestive Tract; Stomach — Inconveniences of this method—Decomposition of medicaments in the stomach. CHAPTER VI. —AVENUES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAMENTS—[Continued] 77 The Stomach [continued]—Intolerance, trismus, cancer ; Lesser Intestine— Methods to retain its functions of absorption—Enveloping with fat and with gelatine—Advantages of absorption in the intestinal tract ; Larger Intestine—Its advantages, its facilities — Medicinal injec- tions—Local action—Echoes of sensibility. CHAPTER VIL —AVENUES FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF MEDICAMENTS—[Continued] 88 Bladder—Weakness of absorbing faculty, except in pathological cases ; Urethra—The same ; Preputial Mucous Membrane—Some local ad-