On the action of medicines in the system / by Frederick William Headland.

  • Headland, Frederick William.
Date:
1867
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Credit: On the action of medicines in the system / by Frederick William Headland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAOR Prop. VIII 246 That a second class of medicines, called Neurotics, act by passing from the blood to the nerves or nerve-centres, which they influence. That they are transitory in action. 1. That of these some, called Stimulants, act so as to exalt nervous force, in general or in particular. 2. That others, called Narcotics, act so as first to exalt nervous force, and then to depress it, and have also a special influence on the intellectual part of the brain. 3. That others again, called Sedatives, act so as to depress nervous force, in general or in particular. Prop. IX 295 That a third class of medicines, called Astringents, act by passing from the blood to muscular fibre, which they excite to contraction. Prop. X. ........ 308 That a fourth class of medicines, called Eliminatives, act by passing out of the blood through the glands, which they excite to the performance of their functions. CHAPTER IY. On the Action of some of the more important Medicines in particular ....... 356