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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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    Vertigo, instantly relieved by zther, and why, 100 Vervain, Morley’s recommendation of, 21; druidical superstitions respecting it, 13 (note) Vienna Gout Decoction, 47 (note) Views, Synoptical, of the arrangement of the Materia Medica, according to Cul- len and Murray, 104-5 Vinegar of Wood described by Glauber, 48 Vine twigs, a fixed alkali procured from, recommended by Basil Valentine in the gravel, 74 Villerobel relates that the bark remained for seven years in Spain before any trial of its efficacy was instituted, 46 Virgil, his allusion to the anti-narcotic influence of vegetable acids, 194 Virey, his observations upon the growth of plants, 83 (note) , Ray, and Linneus, their observa- tion respecting the influence of pulver- ization upon the medicinal activity of a plant, 247 Vis Medicatrix, its supposed agency, 108 Viscus Quercinus, or Misseltoe, druidical history of the, 16 Vitriol, original meaning of the term, 55 Vogel, believed in the efficacy of roasted toad, 6; his attempt to class medicines according to their virtues, 6 Voltaire’s illustrative fable of the Volup- tuary Ogul, 53 Vomiting, why it cannot be excited during profound intoxication, 119; phenomena and pathology of, 118; not effected by the stomach alone, 118 U Ulysses, hemorrhage of, cured by a charm, 21] Ultra-Chemistry, its mischievous ten- dency in medicine considered, 80 Umbellifere, medicinal analogies between their species, 61 Unseasonable collection of vegetable re- medies, a great source of fallacy, 90 Urea, the nature and habitudes of, consi- dered, 166; Dr. Prout’s opinion re- garding the origin of, 166 Urinary organs stimulated by saline bo- dies, 133 (note) - calculi, a tabular view of the different species of, 171 Urine, analysis of, by Berzelius, 165-6 ; its colour changed by the administra- tion of rhubarb, and Indian fig, 99 (note) ‘ - of the husband, supposed to ex- pedite labour pains, 19 (note) WwW Warburton, Dr., his error respecting the origin of amulets, 7 157 Warren’s Blacking described in the He- cuba of Euripides, 49 (note) Warm bath, mechanical notions respect- ing its operation and effects, 30 Water, the potation of, promotes the action of the kidneys, 133; sometimes sufficient to form vegetable powders into masses of pill, 280; whether de- composed by the digestive organs, 201 Waters of plants, formerly meant simple decoctions, 68 Waters, mineral, a probable cause of their activity as remedies, 265 Watering-places, observations upon their efficacy, 52 Wedelius, his Opiologia, 48 Wecker’s Dispensatory contains several preparations in which the magnet is an ingredient, 32 (note) Wells, Dr., his opinion respecting the colouring matter of the blood, 32 (note) Wesley, John, medical credulity of, 51; cured by sulphur and supplication, 51 Wheat, the relative proportions of Gluten in, vary in different countries, 84 Willis, Dr., his prejudice against sugar, 33 Wine glass, to be estimated as containing f Ziss., 286 Wiseman’s history of cures by the royal touch, 20 Witch, the ashes of, a remedy against witchcraft, 36 (note) Wolff’s apparatus originally described by - Glauber, 48 Wormwood, formerly supposed to be an antidote to drunkenness, 112 Wood, vinegar obtained from, by Glauber, 48 Woodcock, Elizabeth, buried in the snow for eight days, 5 (note) Worms, four species of, generated in the human body, 197 (note) Wounds inflicted by iron instruments for- merly supposed to be fatal, 32 ¥ Yeast poultice, its modus operandi ex- plained, 243 Yellow turnips contain little or no bitter principle, 11] Yellow fever, errors respecting the use of mercury in the, 51] Young, Dr., his rule for apportioning doses according to different ages, 271 Z Zealanders supported, during a scarcity, by Linseed, 113 Zine, the acetate of, to be preferred to the sulphate as an ophthalmic application, 242; sulphate of, an excellent remedy in humoral asthma, 148