Copy 2, Volume 1

Pharmacologia; comprehending the art of prescribing upon fixed and scientific principles; together with the history of medicinal substances / By J.A. Paris.

  • John Ayrton Paris
Date:
1825
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    Vegetable diet, the supposed refrigerating effect of, ex- | plained, 213. diuretics, generally bitter, 175. ——_--— eaters, less affected by vegetable poisons than carnivorous animals, and why, 128 (nofe). Vehicle of a remedy, how to be selected, 328. Vena Portarum, one of the avenues through which medici- nal substances enter the circulation, 127. Venesection increases the effects of Cathartics, 287; of Mercury, 287; when it ought to be avoided in cases of poisoning, and why, 256; frequently promotes vomiting and why, 157; a remedy of very early origin, 12; may act as a tonic, 145. Verbena, a word of general import (quasi Herbena) 68. Verdegris, the virulent effects of increased by vinegar, 253. Vertigo, instantly relieved by ether, and why, 130. Vervain, Morley’s recommendation of, 28; druidical super- stitions respecting it, 17 (note). Vienna Gout Decoction, 58 (note). Views, Synoptical, of the arrangement of the Materia Me- dica, according to Cullen, Murray, and Young, 134, 135, 136. Vinegar of Wood described by Glauber, 59. Vine twigs, a fixed alkali procured from, recommended by Basil Valentine in the gravel, 91. Villerobel relates that the bark remained for seven years in Spain before any trial of its efficacy was instituted, 56. Virgil, his allusion to the anti-narcotic influence of vegetable acids, 254. Virey, his observations upon the growth of plants, 107. —-——, Ray, and Linnezus, their observation respecting the influence of pulverization upon the medicinal activity of a plant, 323. Vis Medicatrix, its supposed agency, 141. Viscus Quercinus, or Misseltoe, druidical history of the, 22. Vitrio], original meaning of the term, 69. Vogel, beiieved in the efficacy of roasted toad, 7; his attempt to class medicines according to their virtues, 7. Voltaire’s illustrative fable of the Voluptuary Ogul, 65. Yomiting, why it cannot be excited during profound intox- ication, 157; phenomena and pathology of, 155; not effected by the stomach alone, 155,