A Handbook of materia medica, pharmacy and therapeuticsP. Blakiston's Son, 1890 - 766 pages |
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... agents which are closely related , physiologically and thera- peutically , under the title of the principal member of the class - the chief , as it were , of that particular clan . Thus , under the title AMYL NITRIS ( Nitrite of Amyl ) ...
... agents which are closely related , physiologically and thera- peutically , under the title of the principal member of the class - the chief , as it were , of that particular clan . Thus , under the title AMYL NITRIS ( Nitrite of Amyl ) ...
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... Agents acting chiefly on the Nervous System , Agents acting on the Organs of Special Sense , Agents acting on Respiration , .. Agents acting on the Circulation , PAGE 17 17 17 18 18 20 22 23 23 24 28 Agents acting on the Digestive ...
... Agents acting chiefly on the Nervous System , Agents acting on the Organs of Special Sense , Agents acting on Respiration , .. Agents acting on the Circulation , PAGE 17 17 17 18 18 20 22 23 23 24 28 Agents acting on the Digestive ...
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... agents in the widest possible sense , embracing all of Materia Medica and Pharmacy , with so much of Therapeutics as relates to drugs . The term is however frequently employed in a more restricted sense , including only the ...
... agents in the widest possible sense , embracing all of Materia Medica and Pharmacy , with so much of Therapeutics as relates to drugs . The term is however frequently employed in a more restricted sense , including only the ...
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... agents foreign to the living organism , for the purpose of aiding Nature to restore the body to a healthy condi tion . This division is the portion of the subject which is taught separately and systemati- cally in the schools , and ...
... agents foreign to the living organism , for the purpose of aiding Nature to restore the body to a healthy condi tion . This division is the portion of the subject which is taught separately and systemati- cally in the schools , and ...
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... agents ordinarily employed . Tablets for hypodermic use are prepared by the prominent manufacturers , each containing one dose . They may be readily dissolved in a teaspoon at the bedside , and are very convenient for the pocket , if ...
... agents ordinarily employed . Tablets for hypodermic use are prepared by the prominent manufacturers , each containing one dose . They may be readily dissolved in a teaspoon at the bedside , and are very convenient for the pocket , if ...
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Acetate Acidi Aconite ACTION AND THERAPEUTICS acute alcohol alkaline alkaloid Ammonii Ammonium anæmia antipyretic application Aquæ aromatic Arsenic astringent Atropine Belladonna bitter Bromide Calomel Carbolic Acid Carbonate cardiac catarrh cent Chloral Chloride Chloroform chronic cold contains cough diaphoretic diarrhoea Digitalis diluted disease distilled diuretic dyspepsia effects efficient emetic Ergot especially Ether Extractum Ferri fever fluid extract gastric glycerin hypodermically inflammation inhalation injection insoluble internally Iodide Iodine Iron irritant large doses locally lotion Mercury Morphine mucous membrane nervous Nitrate odor ointment Opii Opium Oxide pain PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION pill Potassii Potassium Potassium Bromide powder preparations Prescriptions produce Pulv purgative Quinine relieve remedy resin rheumatism salts Silver Nitrate small doses Sodii Sodium soluble solution stimulant stomach Strychnine Sulph Sulphate Sulphur symptoms syrup Tannic Acid Tannin taste teasp thrice daily Tinct tincture tion tonic Turpentine ulcers urine volatile oil vomiting Zinc
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Page 720 - Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.
Page 720 - I swear by Apollo the physician and Aesculapius and health and all-heal and all the gods and goddesses that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this oath and this stipulation— to reckon him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him and relieve his necessities if required, to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers...
Page 201 - A neutral principle obtained from elaterium, a substance deposited by the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium.
Page 720 - A regular medical education furnishes the only presumptive evidence of professional abilities and' acquirements, and ought to be the only acknowledged right of an individual to the exercise and honors of his profession. Nevertheless, as in consultations the good of the patient is the sole object in view, and this is often dependent on personal confidence, no intelligent regular practitioner, who has a license to...
Page 720 - ... wish to learn it without fee or stipulation and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons and those of my teachers and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
Page 720 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give a woman a pessary to produce abortion.
Page 720 - Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret.
Page 721 - ... are several consulting physicians, they should express their opinions in the order in which they have been called in. Should an irreconcilable diversity of opinion occur, when more than two physicians meet in consultation, the opinion of the majority should be regarded as decisive; but, if the number be equal on each side, the decision should rest with the attending physician. If two physicians, in consultation, cannot agree, they should call in a third to act as umpire. If this be not practicable,...
Page 602 - Tracheotomy is thus commonly directed to be performed : — The head being thrown back, an incision, an inch and a half to two inches long, must be made exactly in the middle line from below the cricoid cartilage to the top of the sternum.
Page 413 - When the process is successfully conducted the first portion of the liquid, or percolate, passing through the percolator will be nearly saturated with the soluble constituents of the substance treated ; and if the quantity of menstruum be sufficient for its exhaustion, the last portion of the percolate will be nearly free from color, odor, and taste, other than those of the menstruum itself.