Two lectures on the connection between the chemical properties and the physiological action of active substances; and the antagonism between the action of active substances. Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, on the 19th and 26th April, 1872 / by Thomas R. Fraser.

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1872
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Credit: Two lectures on the connection between the chemical properties and the physiological action of active substances; and the antagonism between the action of active substances. Delivered before the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh, on the 19th and 26th April, 1872 / by Thomas R. Fraser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LECTURE IT. ON THE ANTAGONISM BETWEEN THE ACTIONS OF ACTIVE SUBSTANCES. Mr. President and Gentlemen,—When I was honoured by the request to bring under your notice some subjects bearing upon pharma- cology, I found myself placed in the difficult position of having too many good things to choose from. Within my reach were the fruits— seldom altogether ripe, but without exception temptingly attractive—of numerous investigations, conducted both in this country and abroad, in the field of pharmacological research. At my disposal, also, were the methods by which these fruits had been cultivated—the refinements of experimentation, and the mechanical appliances by whose aid, within recent years, results of surpassing beauty and interest have been ob- tained, and much progress has been made in the establishment of a sound basis for therapeutics. The consideration of either of these sub- jects, however, would have required much more time than could be found within the limits of two lectures. It was for this reason that I selected two subjects that admit of briefer discussion, while at the same time they possess a sufficiently independent interest to allow of their being treated apart from the general subject in which they are included. Definition of Antagonism.—The connection between the chemical properties and the physiological action of active substances occupies a position on the border-land of pharmacology, for it is placed between pharmacology and one of the sciences most intimately related to it. The subject which I propose this evening to bring before you is placed, on the contrary, in the centre of this region, seeing that it is chiefly concerned with the relationships that exist between different groups of well defined pharmacological facts.
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