The specific action of drugs on the healthy system : an index to their therapeutic value, as deduced from experiments on man and animals / by Alexander G. Burness and F.J. Mavor.

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1874
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Credit: The specific action of drugs on the healthy system : an index to their therapeutic value, as deduced from experiments on man and animals / by Alexander G. Burness and F.J. Mavor. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fibre, and hence acts on the uterus, especially when in the pregnant state, because this organ then contains a large proportion of this structure, but it has no direct influence f over the serous or mucous coats of this organ. Arsenic again influences mucous membrane wherever this structure is situated in the body, because it is eliminated by that special tract. At the end of this work we have added a few cases to illustrate clearly what we mean by specific treatment.