Elements of pharmacology / by Oswald Schmiedeberg ; tr. under the author's supervision by Thomas Dixson.

  • Schmiedeberg, Oswald, 1838-1921.
Date:
1887
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Credit: Elements of pharmacology / by Oswald Schmiedeberg ; tr. under the author's supervision by Thomas Dixson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CONTENTS. -o- INTRODUCTION. PAGE Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutics—The Nature of Pharma- cological Actions—The Sources of Therapeutics—The Choice of Remedies upon Rational Principles—The Classification of Pharma- cological Substances and of Remedies .... I CHAPTER I. NERVE AND MUSCLE POISONS. The Strychnine Group—The Curarine Group—The Morphine Group— The Alcohol and Chloroform Group—The Caffeine Group—The Camphor Group—The Ammonia Group—The Prussic Acid Group —The Ergot Group—The Atropine or Tropeine Group—The Muscarine Group—The Pilocarpine and Nicotine Group—The Conine and Lobeline Group —The Physostigmine Group—The Apomorphine Group—The Emetine Group—The Saponins—The Digitalin Group—The Veratrine Group—The Aconitine Group— The Cocaine Group—The Colchicine Group—The Quinine Group 12 CHAPTER. II. SUBSTANCES WHICH THROUGH THEIR MOLECULAR PROPERTIES CAUSE ALTERATIONS OF VARIOUS KINDS AT THE POINT OF APPLICATION. Excipients—Specific Olfactory and Gustatory Remedies—The Aromatic and Bitter Stomachics—Antiquated and Obsolete Drugs—Urinary Disinfectants and Stimulants—The Cutaneous Stimulants—Aperients —Sulphur as an Aperient—Anthelmintics ... 89 CHAPTER III. THE ACTION OF WATER AND OF SALINE SOLUTIONS. Water—The Chloride of Sodium Group—The Glauber's Salt Group. 115 CHAPTER IV. CHEMICAL CAUTERISATION BY MEANS OF ACIDS, HALOGENS, AND OXIDISING SUBSTANCES. The Alkali Group—The Acid Group—The Mineral Waters—The Halogen Group—The Group of Oxidising Agents . . 133