An essay on the action of medicines in the system, or, 'On the mode in which therapeutic agents introduced into the stomach produce their peculiar effects on the animal economy' / by Frederick William Headland.

  • Headland, Frederick William
Date:
1855
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Credit: An essay on the action of medicines in the system, or, 'On the mode in which therapeutic agents introduced into the stomach produce their peculiar effects on the animal economy' / by Frederick William Headland. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    contents. CHAPTEE I. PAGE Introductoet Eemaeks 1 CHAPTEE II. On some of the more important Classifications of Medicines, and Opinions of Authors respecting THEIR Actions 17 / CHAPTEE III. On the General Modes of Action of Therapeutic Agents introduced into the Stomach ; treated of in Ten Propositions 49 Prop. 1 50 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 58 That the great majority of medicines are capable of solu- tion in the gastric or intestinal secretions, and pass without material change, by a process of absorption, tlirough the coats of the stomach and intestines, to enter the capillaries of the Portal system of veins.
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