Essentials of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Prescription Writing: Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of MedicineW.B. Saunders, 1899 - 288 pages |
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... blood vessel ) . Inhalations of vapors may be employed for their local effect on the broncho- pulmonary tract or for their influence on the system at large , and gargles may be used as sedative , astringent or disinfecting and ...
... blood vessel ) . Inhalations of vapors may be employed for their local effect on the broncho- pulmonary tract or for their influence on the system at large , and gargles may be used as sedative , astringent or disinfecting and ...
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... blood . How may medicines be administered ? Medicines may be administered by the skin , being either applied without friction ( enepidermic method ) , or with friction ( epidermic method ) , or else directly to the derma , which has ...
... blood . How may medicines be administered ? Medicines may be administered by the skin , being either applied without friction ( enepidermic method ) , or with friction ( epidermic method ) , or else directly to the derma , which has ...
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... blood , but when taken continuously for too long a time they disorder digestion and cause gastric catarrh . Gentian , in full doses , by increasing the intestinal secretion , acts as a mild laxative . Calumba is least likely to disorder ...
... blood , but when taken continuously for too long a time they disorder digestion and cause gastric catarrh . Gentian , in full doses , by increasing the intestinal secretion , acts as a mild laxative . Calumba is least likely to disorder ...
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... blood pressure . In large doses it causes diarrhoea . Prunus Virginiana has a sedative influ- ence over the pneumogastric nerve , from the hydrocyanic acid which is developed in it , and thus quiets cough . Absinthium in large doses ...
... blood pressure . In large doses it causes diarrhoea . Prunus Virginiana has a sedative influ- ence over the pneumogastric nerve , from the hydrocyanic acid which is developed in it , and thus quiets cough . Absinthium in large doses ...
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... blood pressure is lowered . the The temperature in health is very slightly , if at all , influenced ; in fevers a rapid decline takes place , due to the action on the blood and circulation . Nervous system ; small doses stimulate the ...
... blood pressure is lowered . the The temperature in health is very slightly , if at all , influenced ; in fevers a rapid decline takes place , due to the action on the blood and circulation . Nervous system ; small doses stimulate the ...
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