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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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    zation upon the medicinal activity of a plant, 247 Linseed, mischievous tendency of, when used as a sole article of diet, 113 Lithate of Ammonia constantly present in urine, 167 Lithic acid, Majendie’s theory respecting the formation of, 167; generated by the action of the kidneys, and con- stantly present in healthy urine, 167 Diathesis, Dr. Philip’s views respecting the, 172 Lithonthryptics, the great advantage of combining them with Opium in cases of calculous irritation, 236 Lithonthryptic powers of Galvanic Elec- tricity, 177 Living fibre, medicines act upon the, 105 Liquorice, why objectionable as an enve- lope of pills, 280 (note) Liquor Ammonie Acetatis, why decom- posed by Magnesia, 262 Local stimulants, 118; meaning of the term, 118 London College of Physicians, their first Pharmacopeeia, 78 Lotions, Embrocations, Liniments, Fo- mentations, Collyria, &c. 292 Louis XIV. introduced the potatoe into general cultivation, 44 Luride, the dark and gloomy aspect of the, indicates their poisonous proper- ties, 63 Lymphatics, medicines enter the circula- tion through the, 101 M Macbride, Dr. his unsuccessful attempt to improve the art of tanning by the intro- duction of lime-water, affords an im- portant lesson to the Pharmaceutist, 260 (note) Maccaroni of Italy, why so superior to that made in other countries, 84 Mac Culloch, Dr. his observations upon the effects of Perfumes in preventing mouldiness, 252; on the sweetness of pure and impure sugar, 219 Mace and Nutmeg of Arabian origin, 69 Macer’s Herbal abounds with the super- stitions of the middle ages, 15 ‘Macleod, Dr. his observation respecting the Sialogogue power of Hydro-cyanic acid, 154 Magistral Formule, the nature and neces- sity of, 256-7 Magisterium of Ludovicus, a preparation of Opium, 48 Maglia, the name given to the wild pota- toe by the Indians, 1]2 (note) Magnesia, its use in mitigating the seve- rity of Colchicum explained, 23] / Magnesia, the carbonate of, proposed by Mr. Hatchett as a remedy in the Lithic diathesis, 175 Magnenus, his signature of tobacco, 35 Magnes Arsenicalis, Formula for, by An- gelus Sala, 36 Magnet, its use as an antidote to iron, 32; formerly entered into the composition of certain Plaisters, 32 (note) Manu-rY Umma, a mischievous deity, supposed by the Indians to occasion the natural small-pox, 19 Majendie, his important views upon the mechanism of absorption, 123 (note ;) his views respecting vomiting, 119 Male Fern, its anthelmintic properties Known to Galen, 47; retailed as a se- cret nostrum in France, the secret of which was purchased by Louis XV. 47 Malt liquors, the utility of the bitter in, 111 Manna, of Arabian origin, 69 Manufacturing chemists, the errors daily commitied by, 220 (note) Marcellus killed by the cold bath, 46 Marcet, Dr. his views respecting the treat- ment of calculus, 165 Marshes, animals in the, defended from disease by the ingestion of bitter plants, 112 Masticatories, or acrid Sialogogues, the nature and operation of considered, 152 Materia Medica, its early history involved in fable, 6; its progressive improve- ments slow and unequal, 3; composed of a motley groupe of substances, 1; how its progress has been influenced by caprice, prejudice, superstition, and knavery, 3; the arrangement of by Cullen and Murray, 104 May apple, its different parts possess dif- ferent virtues, 62 Mayerne, Sir Theodore, absurd and dis- gusting remedies of, 15 Mead, Dr. recommended Melampodium as an emmenagogue, 130 (note) ; his practice of combining alkalies with opium judicious, 229; his opinion con- cerning the nature of the Athenian poi- son, 55 (note) Mechanical deposites from the urine divi- sible into three classes, 169; mechani- cal remedies, considerations respecting, 197 ; mechanical action of certain ex- pectorants, 149 ; mechanical purgatives, 126 ; mechanical theory, some account of the, 30 : Medical Boards of the present day, 26 Medicinal substances, certain ones enter the circulation, 99; combination, the extent of, limited by several circum- stances, 213; medicinal prescription, its perfection defined in three words, 204 ; similarity, conventional accepta-