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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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    Cardinal de Lugo, a Spanish Jesuit, in- tercedes with the Pope, and obtains his countenance and support for the Peru- vian bark, 46 Carlisle, Sir Anthony, detects gin in the brain, 109 Castalian Fountain, its prophetic nature considered, 19 Castille, John, King of, poisoned by me- dicated boots, 179 (note) Castor Oil, origin of the name, 57 Catamenia, the suppression of, may de- pend upon very different causes, and require very different remedies, 131 Cataplusmata Poultices, calculated to fulfil several indications, as Stimulants—An- tiseptics — Sedatives — Refrigerants — Emollients, 293-4 Catharsis suspends the process of alimen- tary absorption, 154 Cathartic medicines, observations respect- ing their abuse, 129 Cathartics, definition of, 125.—Classed under two divisions, viz. Laxatives and Purgatives, 125 Cato, the Censor, his incantation for the reduction of a dislocated limb, 21, 22. Cattle ruminate less in wet seasons, and why, 85 Cayenne pepper and opium used by the French as a restorative, 108 (note) Celery, its origin from the Apium graveo- lens, 89 - Cerussa, less active than the precipitate produced by the decomposition of the sub-acetate of lead, 244 Chaldeans and Babylonians exposed their sick in the markets, in order that they might obtain the advice of travellers, 8 Chamomile, flowers of, changed by culti- vation, 61 Chapman, Dr. his assertion respecting the operation of Kino and Calumba refuted, 240; his opinion respecting combina- tion confirmed, 213 Charms for stopping a hemorrhage, 21 Cheltenham water a natural combination of an instructive character, 233 Chemists, the manufacturing, errors daily committed by, 220 (note); the sect of, and their false theories, 31 Chemistry, importance of, in reforming medical nomenclature, 58;——not al- luded to in the medical writers of Greece or Rome, 68 Chemical Nomenclature, the fallacies of, 59; Chemical Science, the antiquity of, examined, 66 ; the application and mis- application of, considered, 66 ; Chemi- cal action, the advantages obtained by it in the formation of new remedies, 241; Chemical doctrines, influence of upon the popularity of certain remedies, concerning their operation upon living bodies, 159-60; Chemical hypothesis to explain the operation of iron as a tonic, 32 Cherry-brandy, remarks upon the sup- posed efficacy of, 91 (note) Chifletius, the phillippic of, against the bark, 46 Chinese Mandarin, his absurd treatment by twelve physicians, 253 Chorea and Hysteria cured by purgatives, 128 Cicuta, the term not indicative of any par- ticular plant in ancient authors, 55 122 ;—through what avenues foreign substances enter it, 99 Citois attributes the epidemic of Poitou to the appearance of a new Star, 12 (note) Citrate of Potass acts upon the urinary organs like an uncombined alkali, 134 Clarified Glue, substituted for bark in the cure of fevers! 82 Classification of medicinal bodies, 104 ;— extreme difficulty of the subject, and why, 102 Climate, the influence of upon medicinal plants, 84 Cloves, their qualities entirely changed by vegetable developement, 90 Clysters, Enemata, calculated to fulfil se- veral important indications, 286 “Codex Medicamentarius Paccensing 41~ 2; remarks on the extravagant nomen- clature which it exhibits, 60 Colchester Oysters of a green colour, and why, 65 (note) Colchicum, a caution respecting its pane- gyric, 27; its vinous infusion acts more violently when acid is present, 231] ; its virtues changed during the progress of its growth, 91; its bitter principle separated by the assimilative functions, and transmitted to the kidneys, 99 Celd Water, a general application to gun- shot wounds, 18 Cold, the external application of, proves diaphoretic, and why, 143 Colewort, the parent of the cabbage tribe, 89 College of Physicians of London, their first Pharmacopeeia, 78 (note) Colocynth, remarks respecting the solubi- lity of, 245; the drastic properties of, mitigated by camphor, 229 Colour of Flowers, how modified by cold, 85 Colour, taste, and smell of plants, indi- cate their virtues, 63; indications of, erroneously appreciated by Linnzeus, 63 Columella, his statement respecting the deleterious properties of the peach, 89 Collyrium of Danaus, 25