The action of medicines in the system, or, On the mode in which therapeutic agents introduced into the stomache produce their peculiar effects on the animal economy : being the prize essay to which the Medical Society of London awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal for MDCCCLII / by Frederick William Headland.

  • Headland, Frederick William.
Date:
1863
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Credit: The action of medicines in the system, or, On the mode in which therapeutic agents introduced into the stomache produce their peculiar effects on the animal economy : being the prize essay to which the Medical Society of London awarded the Fothergillian Gold Medal for MDCCCLII / by Frederick William Headland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. Introductory Remarks CHAPTER I. PAGE. .17 CHAPTER II. On some of the more important Classifications of Medicines* and Opinions of Authors respecting their Actions . . 33 t CHAPTER III. On the General Modes of Action of Therapeutic Agents intro- duced into the Stomach; treated of in Ten Propositions . 62 Prop. I 63 That the great majority of medicines must obtain entry into the blood, or internal fluids of the body, before their action can be manifested. Prop. II 71 That the great majority of medicines are capable of solution in the gastric or intestinal secretions, and pass without material change, by a process of absorption, through the coats of the stomach and intestines, to enter the capillaries of the Portal system of veins. Prop. Ill 96 That those medicines which are completely insoluble in water, and in the gastric and intestinal juices, cannot gain entrance into the circulation.