Volume 1

The elements of materia medica. Comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines / [Jonathan Pereira].

  • Pereira, Jonathan, 1804-1853.
Date:
1839-1840
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Credit: The elements of materia medica. Comprehending the natural history, preparation, properties, composition, effects and uses of medicines / [Jonathan Pereira]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    1p Xi CONTENTS. Operation of medicines by nervous agency : Proofs that some substances act independently of abeeroucnl 5 Agency of the nervous system. nee oy Marshall Hall, Gr ringer, and Dutrochet) ; Parts affected by the remote action of medicines >, = Of the nature or quality of the actions induced by medicines Stimulants Contra-stimulants or sedatives Alteratives Brunonian theory —~ Theory of contra-stimulus—(new Italian doctrine) Circumstances which modify the effects of medicines oe Relating to the medicine . . = x ¥ Ke Ss Relating to the organism og Therapeutical effects of medicines Mode of production By the influence of a medicine over the c causes of disease By modifying the actions of one or more parts of the system Fundamental feiiods of cure a es 8 ddan te Antipathia 7 Re ee ts nF y- Homeeopathia ; : be be Allopathia (counter irritation, ine derivation) .. Parts to which medicines are applied Applications to the skin By the enepidermic method By the iatraleptic method : By the endermic or emplastro-endermic methedés Applications to the mucous membranes Gastro-pulmonary membrane Urino-genital membrane .. ; Applications to the serous membranes Applications to ulcers, wounds, and abscesses Injection of medicines into the veins (¢fuszoi) Agency of galyanism Classification of medicines Empirical arrangements Rational arrangements Classifications founded on the pensible qualities Ceblons tanta and odour) ’ th ; Classifications founded on ‘aataral histaridal properties whi) se Natural-historical classifications of organized beings Artificial method of Linneus- ee ee Methods founded on the parts of organized beings employed Classification of inorganized na hiatan tees: according to hes ir crystalline forms Classifications founded on the che sin taal condtibiemthe Classifications founded on the physiological effects of medicines According to the nature or quality SE the effect ..