Therapeutics, materia medica and pharmacy : the special therapeutics of diseases and symptoms, the physiological and therapeutical actions of drugs, the modern materia medica, official and practical pharmacy, prescription writing, and antidotal and antagonistic treatment of poisoning / by Sam'l O.L. Potter.

  • Samuel Otway Lewis Potter
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[1931], ©1931
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    and tend to lower the blood-pressure. The chief ones are the following named:— Antimony, Emetine. Alkalies. Tartar Emetic. Apomorphine. Potassium Iodide. Ipecacuanha. Pilocarpus (Jaborandi). Stimulant Expectorants are largely eliminated by the bronchial mucous membrane, which they stimulate, altering the secretion and facilitating expec¬ toration. These remedies generally diminish secretion. This subdivision includes the following named:— Ammonium Chloride. Ammonium Carbonate. Benzoin and Benzoic Acid. Balsams of Peru and Tolu. Wood Tar, and Tar. Oleum Pini Sylvestris. Acids. Squill. Garlic. Onion. Turpentine Sulphur. Nux Vomica. Strychnine. Senega. Saponin. Licorice. Saccharine Substances. Besides the above many other remedies may act as expectorants, some by relieving bron¬ chial spasm, as Opium, Stramonium, and Tobacco; others by soothing the irritable respiratory centre, as Opium and Chloral; and the ciliary excitants by reflex action through their impres¬ sion on the nerves of the mouth. Galactagogues (ydAa, milk, ayw, I bring away),—are agents which are supposed to increase the lacteal secretion. The value of most of them is very doubtful, probably the only efficient one being Pilocarpus (Jaborandi), but its influence is very transient and the excessive perspiration and salivation caused by it are objectionable. The leaves of Ricinus communis, the castor-oil plant, locally applied, have been highly recommended; but general measures are more trustworthy, such as the correction of anemia, attention to sore nipples, administration of tonics and good food. [Compare the article entitled Lac¬ tation in Part III.] Galactophyga (ydAa, milk, fcvyw I shun) or Antigalactagogues,—are agents and measures which diminish or arrest the secretion of milk. Bella¬ donna or its alkaloid Atropine is the most efficient, acting whether applied locally or administered internally. Antipyrine has similar power, so also has Camphor applied locally and Potassium Iodide, Colchicum with Magnesium Sulphate, Tobacco, Sage, Quinine, Ergot, Tannin, etc. Compression of the breasts, by bandaging or strapping with adhesive plaster, has positive antigalactic action. Hearing is affected by several drugs. Strychnine and Morphine increase the excitability of either the auditory nerve or the center for hearing in the superior temporo-sphenoidal convolution, making that faculty much more acute. Quinine, Antipyrine and the Salicylates produce hyperemia of the auditory apparatus, causing subjective noises, as humming, buzzing, or ring¬ ing, which are very unpleasant. Hydrobromic Acid and the Bromides, also Ergot, will diminish the congestion and thus neutralize or prevent these noises to a great extent.