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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:
1833
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    Bischoff introduces Gelatin, as a remedy, into Germany, 82 Bitter extractive, its necessity as an ali- mentary stimulant in an inverse ratio with the nutritive power of the ingesta, 112; important use of to man, 112; passes through the alimentary canal without undergoing any change, 111; essential to the digestive powers of her- bivorous quadrupeds, 111 Principles, how supposed to enter the circulation, 99 Bitterness in plants, what it indicates, 63 ~—, Galen’s notion respecting the cause of, 29; does not exclusively reside in any peculiar principle, 11] “ Black Drop,” an unscientific attempt to imitate it attended with explosion! 259 Black Wash, upon what its efficacy de- pends, 243 Blackall, Dr. his important remarks on Diuretics, 214; his valuable work on dropsy, 138 Blair, Dr. opinion of, concerning the bo- tanical knowledge of the Ancients, 60 (note) Blane, Sir Gilbert, his definition of the term “ sympathy,” 98 (note); his at- tempt to explain the sialogogue powers of Mercury, 153-4; his ingenious hy- pothesis respecting the fetid breath of salivated persons, 217 (note); his re- marks on medicinal activity, 97 “* Blistering Point’ of Dr. Rush, 158 Blisters first proposed by Archigenes and Aretzus, 69 Blisters, the primary and secondary effects of, considered, 157 ; cure inflammation, through the influence of “ contiguous sympathy,” 158 Blood Stone, or Heliotrope, its supposed powers, 35 Blood, viscidity of the, a supposed cause of disease, 30; the red globules of, for- merly supposed to depend upon iron, 32 of a Gladiator, an ancient remedy in Epilepsy, 20 of the Goat, curious conceit respect- ing, 70 (note) Blood-vessels, divided, substances enter, 101 Bodies undergo decompositions in the stomach, independent of their ordinary affinities, 81 Boerhaave, Kaw, treatment of epileptics in the poor-house at Haerlem, 20 Boorde, Dr. Andrew, the origin of Merry Andrews, 49 (note) Boracic acid, increases the purgative powers of Cream of Tartar, and why, 246 Botanical science, its progress and uses, 60; its importance in reforming our nomenclature, 58 Boyle recommends as a powerful remedy the thigh bone of an executed criminal, 15 Bracing and Relaxing, import of the terms, as applied to medicines, 30 Brain, odour of alcohol recognized in the, 109 ; its influence not directly necessary to the action of the heart, 187 Brande, Mr. Professor, his opinion respect- ing the red globules of the blood con- firmed by Vauquelin, 32 (note) , Mr. E. his case of obstruction from the habitual use of magnesia, 276 ; his account of an unscientific combina- tion having produced mischief, 258 Bread, crumb of, its value as a vehicle for pills, 279 Breda, celebrated siege of, epidemic dur- ing, cured by inspiring confidence, 20 Bride-cake, origin of the custom of, 241 (note) Bree, Dr. his practice of combining Dia- phoretics and Tonics, 233 Brodie, Mr. his enlightened views re- specting the operation of poisons, 187 Brown, Dr. John, his system noticed, 33 Brown Bread acts mechanically, and pro- motes the peristaltic motions of the prime vie, 127 Buffon, his opinion concerning the origin of wheat, 88. C. Cabbage, the cultivated offspring of the Colewort, 89 : Cabinet of Materia Medica in possession of the College of Physicians, 1 (note) Cactus Opuntia, or Indian fig, reddens the urine, 99 (note) Cesalpinus, the father of botanical sys- tem, 61 (note) Caloric, latent state of, symbolically re- presented by Vulcan, 67 ; free, symbo- lically represented by Vesta, 67 Calomel, speculations respecting the ori- gin of the term, 59 (note ) — and Antimony are mutually changed by combination with each other, 240 Culpepper, Turner, and Lovel, the three Astrological herbarists of the seven- teenth century, 15 Camboge, why liable to affect the stomach, 246 Camphor, of Arabian origin, 69; proprie- ty of administering it in a state of mi- nute division, 273 (note ) Caracalla issues an edict against the use of amulets, 8 Carbonic acid gas, its effects in increasing the powers of cathartic medicines expe- rienced, 22]