The principles and methods of therapeutics / by Adolphe Gubler ; tr. from the French.

  • Adolphe-Marie Gubler
Date:
1881
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    CHAPTER VII. Avenues for the Introduction of Medicaments— [ Continued.] Bladder—Weakness of absorbing faculty ; except in pathological cases. Urethra—The same. Preputial Mucous Membrane—Some local advantages. Vaginal Mucous Membrane—The same. Uterine Mucous Membrane—Dangers of this avenue ; uterine injections. Ocular Apparatus—Collyriuins : atropine, daturine, duboisine, eserine, picro- toxin. Nasal Fossce and Pharynx. Eustachian Tube; Tympanic Cavity. Respiratory Organs—Gases and vapors, turpentine, sulphuretted hydrogen. Liquid Bodies—Rapidity of their absorption. Solid Bodies. Pulverulent Solid Bodies—Their introduction in the respiratory organs.—Pro- fessional diseases. Fumigations.—Inhalations. Gentlemen : We shall to-day continue the study of the avenues of into- duction,by considering the uro-genital apparatus, beginning with the bladder. For a long time the bladder was considered to offer an excel- lent absorbing surface, but precise experiments have demon- strated that this was an opinion which nothing justified. A priori, they might have guessed that the bladder was not intended for absorption ; indeed, if it absorbed, it would have been like the Danaides' seine, since it would thus have allowed the urine to escape, which incessantly flows into it. Fortunately, the bladder does not absorb, and the experiments of the older
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