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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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    the character of Astringents, 116; their operation increases vascular action,107 ; their superior efficacy in Italy; how they differ from ordinary stimulants, 107; Cullen’s theory respecting, 108; their stimulant operation denied, 108 Narcotico-acrid Poisons, 183; an ill-de- fined class, 185 Narcotic Poisons, 183 Narcotic odour, a distinct indication, 63 Natural Compounds, may be regarded as the prescriptions of Nature, 208 Natural Family of Plants, often contains species of very different medicinal vir- tues, 61 Nausea, origin and cause of, 121 Nauseating Emetics, why to be avoided in certain cases of poisoning, 192 ; why they prove diaphoretic, 143; doses of antimony increase the effects of mer- cury, 217 Nauseous remedies supposed to expedite delivery, 19 (note) Necklace of Peony, for the cure of epi- lepsy, 21 Nechepsus, his amulet for the stomach, 7 Nepenthe of Helen was probably opium, 9 Nerves, the media through which. certain medicines act upon the body, 101 Nestor’s Cataplasm, 10 New arrangement of diuretic medicines, 132 Nicholaus, his powder for the stone, 70 (note) Nicostratus, Cholical antidote of, 25 Nitrate of Silver, its successful effect in with its virtues, 114; rendered inert by muriatic salts, 249-50 Nitric acid, its power of producing ptyal- ism denied, 154 Nomenclature medical, reformed by Bo- tany and Chemistry, 58 Nostrum, Definition and meaning of the term, 25 (note) Nostrums, a multitude of collected by fEtius, 25 ‘ Nouffleur, Madame, her receipt, 47 Nuremburgh, the first Pharmacopceia pub- lished at, 78 (note) Nutmeg corrects the operation of alum, 229 Nutmeg and Mace of Arabian origin, 69 Nutriment, deficiency of in plants, how compensated for by nature, 85 Nutritive, and Medicinal powers of plants often opposed to each other, 88 O. Objections to Cullen’s arrangement of me- dicines, of a fatal nature, 105 Observation, analogy, and experiment, form the only true basis of research, 3; Professor Leslie’s definition of, 3 (note) Obstacles to the progress of the Materia Medica, 5 Officinal preparations, the nature and ne- cessity of, 256 Old persons, the humid coughs of, cured by Sulphate of zinc, 148, 234 Oliver Cromwell fell a victim to an inter- mittent, 33 Operation of medicinal bodies, on the, 97 Operation of two medicines in one formula, 23] Opiologia of Wedelius contains many formule which have been perverted to empirical uses, 48 Opium, remarks upon the best mode of correcting its operation, and obviating its deleterious effects, 228 ; has exten- sive powers as a Corrigent, 229; whe- ther absorbed into the circulation, 109 ; modern preparations of, derived from ancient receipts, 48; primitive import of the term, 56; its powers vary with the climate, 84; known in early ages, 9; stimulating effects of, 109; Galen’s hypothesis concerning, 29 Oporinus, his opinion of his master Pa- racelsus, 75 Orange, the Prince of, his success in curing an epidemic at Breda, 20 Oribasius, his just notions respecting me- dicinal combination, 92 Order, a general rule for that of the in- gredients of a medicinal formula, 255 Origin of Amulets of very ancient date, 7 Organs of sense, sensibility of, changed by artificial habits and cultivation, 64 of the body, how excited into action by the administration of parti- cular remedies, 101 Oswald Crollius, first mentions calomel, 77 Otho Tachenius, embraced the doctrines of Van Helmont, 76 Oxygen, how far it may be considered the source of animal heat, 162 Oysters, the green colour of, explained, 65 (note) P Paley’s remark on the influence of habit, 4] Panacea Glauberiana, the secret of its preparation purchased by the French government, 77 Paracelsus, some account of his character and doctrines, 74; his false reasoning, 76 (note) Paris, Supreme Council of, proscribe anti- monial remedies, 77 Particular forms of remedies, and the general principles upon which they should be constructed, 272